Threshold (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the sill of a doorway.
  2. the entrance to a house or building.
  3. any place or point of entering or beginning: the threshold of a new career.
  4. 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.
noun
  1. 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
  4. the strength at which a stimulus is just perceived
    • a level or point at which something would happen, would cease to happen, or would take effect, become true, etc
    • (as modifier)
    • the minimum intensity or value of a signal, etc, that will produce a response or specified effect
    • (as modifier)
  5. designating or relating to a pay agreement, clause, etc, that raises wages to compensate for increases in the cost of living
Threshold (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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