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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.
Jun 30, 2012 · : a level, point, or value above which something is true or will take place and below which it is not or will not.
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 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.
A threshold is an amount, level, or limit on a scale. When the threshold is reached, something else happens or changes.
the level at which something starts to happen or have an effect. He has a low boredom threshold (= he gets bored easily). I have a high pain threshold (= I can suffer a lot of pain before I start to react). My earnings are just above the tax threshold (= more than the amount at which you start paying tax).
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.
Threshold definition: A piece of wood or stone placed beneath a door; a doorsill.
THRESHOLD meaning: 1 : a piece of wood, metal, or stone that forms the bottom of a door and that you walk over as you enter a room or building; 2 : the point or level at which something begins or changes.
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 ...
