threshold
has definitions from the fields of architecture,psychology
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[ noun ] the starting point for a new state or experience
Examples "on the threshold of manhood" Used in print (J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)The impact rate on 1958 Alpha for 153 events was * * f for particles of mass greater than * * f ( Dubin , 1960 ) ; this mass threshold was derived from the detector calibration and an assumed impact velocity of * * f . Note that the mass threshold is four_times that of 1958_Alpha and that the flux is one_fifth as large . They quote about the same mass threshold as that of the U.S. apparatus , but a momentum threshold about 40 times greater . They quote about the same mass threshold as that of the U.S. apparatus , but a momentum threshold about 40 times greater . The threshold mass is derived from the momentum threshold with the assumption of a mean impact velocity of * * f in the U.S. work and * * f in the U.S.S.R. work . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offer support when passing through a doorway
Used in print (Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)There is no evidence that these Milquetoasts became suddenly emboldened when they crossed the threshhold of the master_bedroom . |
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[ noun ] (psychology) the smallest detectable sensation
Synonyms Used in print (High Fidelity, 11:10...)Yet it is the accumulation of distortion , the fitting together of fractional bits until the total reaches the threshold of our awareness , that makes records sound like records . Related terms |
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