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threshold: Meaning and Definition of
thresh•old
Pronunciation: (thresh'ōld, thresh'hōld), [key]
— n.
- 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 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.
See also:
- threshold (Thesaurus)
