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

beginning

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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

Synonyms

doorstep doorsill

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 .

Related terms

sill doorway

3
[ noun ] (architecture) the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close

Examples

"he stuck his head in the doorway"

4
[ noun ] (psychology) the smallest detectable sensation

Synonyms

limen

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 .

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[ noun ] a region marking a boundary

Synonyms

verge brink

Related terms

boundary verge

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