Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Desensitization(also: Haptic Adaptation, Vibrotactile Adaptation)
- Desensitization in the context of haptic feedback refers to the gradual reduction in a person's sensitivity to continuous or repeated vibrotactile stimulation on the skin. When haptic actuators vibrate continuously at the same location, users progressively become less able to…
- Discrimination Ellipse(also: Discrimination Ellipsoid, MacAdam Ellipse)
- A region in a color space surrounding a given color within which other colors cannot be distinguished from it by an observer. In two dimensions this region forms an ellipse; in three-dimensional color spaces it becomes an ellipsoid. The size and shape of discrimination ellipses…
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