encoding

perceptible step

Step of a visual variable that the eye can tell apart from its neighbor.

palier sensible

Degré d'une variable visuelle que l'oeil sait distinguer de son voisin.

La longueur d'une variable visuelle est son nombre de paliers sensibles : environ 4 à 5 pour la valeur, 2 à 3 pour le grain.

Classification

encoding

Attestation

French term: Bertin, Sémiologie graphique, 1967
English definition: Semiology of graphics: diagrams, networks, maps

Sources (3)

7 occurrences in the corpus

Cite this entry

Stable addresshttps://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/perceptible-step.html

ReferenceTaudière Adrien. 2026. perceptible step. In Visualization Vocabulary, version 1.0.0. IdEst. https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/perceptible-step.html

BibTeX

@incollection{taudiere2026-perceptible-step,
  author    = {Taudière, Adrien},
  title     = {perceptible step},
  booktitle = {Visualization Vocabulary},
  year      = {2026},
  version   = {1.0.0},
  publisher = {IdEst},
  url       = {https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/perceptible-step.html},
  note      = {CC0 1.0}
}

Page created on 2026-10-13. Text last changed on 2026-11-10. Numbers computed on 2026-10-22.