Sentence examples for palpable phenomena from inspiring English sources
Construct validity studies do not measure the same phenomena that palpatory procedures are designed to measure (i.e., resistance to digital pressure or motion), but similar phenomena that are believed to be related to the palpable phenomena.
It is the assumption that some palpable phenomenon must underlie every grammatical truth, causing it to be the way it is, which guides Thomas's discussion in the remainder of the treatise, which soon moves on to more practical matters such as the different parts of speech ('Etymologia') and their syntax ('Diasynthetica').
One of the main principles of the CC is the primary respiratory mechanism (PRM), which is hypothesized to be a palpable physiological phenomenon that occurs in rhythmic cycles, called flexion- and extension-phase, which are independent from cardiac and respiratory rates.
It is a benign phenomenon although it manifests with fever, large palpable purpuric skin lesions, and edema.
In a much earlier study of patient experiences of chemotherapy, Nerenz et al (1982, p. 1026) observed an even more curious phenomenon – that patients often became particularly distressed after palpable disease signs had disappeared, a response they ultimately interpreted as follows: When the disease is directly palpable, it has definite size, shape, consistency, and location.
Ideally, content validity studies attempt to compare a test with a reference standard of the same phenomenon as that which is being palpated, i.e., palpable abnormalities in structure, motion and soft tissue.
The anger remains palpable.
Their frustration was palpable.
