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Threshold

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Noun

1. threshold

the starting point for a new state or experience

Example Sentences:
'on the threshold of manhood'

2. limen, threshold

the smallest detectable sensation

3. door, doorway, room access, threshold

the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close

Example Sentences:
'he stuck his head in the doorway'

4. doorsill, doorstep, threshold

the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway

5. brink, threshold, verge

a region marking a boundary

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Threshold

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noun
1. Also called: doorsill
a sill, esp one made of stone or hardwood, placed at a doorway
2. 
any doorway or entrance
3. 
the starting point of an experience, event, or venture
on the threshold of manhood
4. psychology
the strength at which a stimulus is just perceived
the threshold of consciousness
Compare absolute threshold, difference threshold
5. 
a. 
a level or point at which something would happen, would cease to happen, or would take effect, become true, etc
b. 
(as modifier)
threshold price
threshold effect
6. 
a. 
the minimum intensity or value of a signal, etc, that will produce a response or specified effect
a frequency threshold
b. 
(as modifier)
a threshold current
7. (modifier)
designating or relating to a pay agreement, clause, etc, that raises wages to compensate for increases in the cost of living

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Threshold

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noun
1. 
doorsill
2. 
the entrance or beginning point of something
at the threshold of a new career
3.  Physiology and Psychology
the point at which a stimulus is just strong enough to be perceived or produce a response
the threshold of pain

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Threshold

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n.
1. A piece of wood or stone placed beneath a door; a doorsill.
2. Either end of an airport runway.
3. The place or point of beginning; the outset: on the threshold of a new era.
4. The point that must be exceeded to begin producing a given effect or result or to elicit a response: a low threshold of pain.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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