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symptom

n.

1. any deviation from normal functioning that is considered indicative of physical or mental pathology. See disease; disorder; syndrome.

2. in general, any event that is indicative of another event; for example, a series of strikes is a symptom of economic unrest. —symptomatic adj.

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texture segregation task

texture segregation task

any detection task in which the figure to be detected is defined by textural elements so that it must be distinguished from some background pattern of a different texture.