prelaugh
English
Etymology
pre- + laugh
Adjective
prelaugh (not comparable)
- (sciences) Occurring before laughter.
- 1972, Jeffrey H. Goldstein, Paul E. McGhee, The psychology of humor: theoretical perspectives and empirical issues
- […] the amplitude of the laugh, which is the distance between the prelaugh base line and its highest intensity peak.
- 2002, Ronald A. Berk, Humor as an instructional defibrillator
- After a laugh subsides, a brief relaxation phase occurs, during which the HR and BP drop below the prelaugh baseline levels.
- 1972, Jeffrey H. Goldstein, Paul E. McGhee, The psychology of humor: theoretical perspectives and empirical issues
Synonyms
- prelaughter