See veg in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Coined in a 1948 paper in the American Journal of Psychology by Robert S. Harper and S. S. Stevens.http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9556(194807)61%3A3%3C343%3AAPSOWA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-D, http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9556(195304)66%3A2%3C304%3AANCTVS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Y",
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"A unit of subjective weight, equivalent to the perceived weight of lifting 100 grams."
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"(psychology) A unit of subjective weight, equivalent to the perceived weight of lifting 100 grams."
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