"thin slice" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "thin slices",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2009 March 7, Rosie Ifould, “Acting on impulse”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Bernieri is an expert in what's known as \"thin-slicing methodology\". His research is based on the theory that we make a reasonably accurate assessment of a person from observing just a few seconds, or a \"thin slice\", of their behaviour.",
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      "glosses": [
        "A minimal amount of information or experience used to make quick inferences about something through thin-slicing."
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          "minimal",
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          "information",
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          "experience",
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          "quick",
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          "inference",
          "inference"
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        [
          "thin-slicing",
          "thin-slicing"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(psychology) A minimal amount of information or experience used to make quick inferences about something through thin-slicing."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "psychology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "thin slice"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        "(psychology) A minimal amount of information or experience used to make quick inferences about something through thin-slicing."
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        "psychology",
        "sciences"
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