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THRESHOLD definition: 1. the floor of an entrance to a building or room 2. the level or point at which you start to…. Learn more.
: a level, point, or value above which something is true or will take place and below which it is not or will not.
A threshold is a point of departure or transition. Graduation can mark a threshold — when you graduate from circus school, you're standing at the threshold of your new career as a trapeze artist. Another kind of threshold is a limit or boundary.
noun. the sill of a doorway. the entrance to a house or building. any place or point of entering or beginning: the threshold of a new career. Also called limen. Psychology, Physiology. the point at which a stimulus is of sufficient intensity to begin to produce an effect: the threshold of consciousness; a low threshold of pain. threshold.
A threshold is an amount, level, or limit on a scale. When the threshold is reached, something else happens or changes.
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.
Definition of threshold noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
threshold. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: House thresh‧old /ˈθreʃhəʊld, -ʃəʊld $ -oʊld/ noun [ countable] 1 the entrance to a room or building, or the area of floor or ground at the entrance She opened the door and stepped across the threshold. 2 the level at which something starts to happen or have ...
Threshold definition: A piece of wood or stone placed beneath a door; a doorsill.
THRESHOLD meaning: 1. the floor of an entrance to a building or room 2. the level or point at which you start to…. Learn more.
