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Threshold
Thresh′old
,Noun.
[OE.
threswold
, þreshwold
, AS. þrescwald
, þerscwald
, þerscold
, þrescold
, fr. þrescan
, þerscan
, to thresh; akin to Icel. þreskjöde
, þröskuldr
, Sw. tröskel
, Dan. tærskel
. See Thrash
.] 1.
The plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entrance; gate; door.
2.
Fig.: The place or point of entering or beginning, entrance; outset;
as, the
. threshold
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threshold
threshold
English
Noun
threshold (plural thresholds)
- The bottom-most part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
- (by extension) An entrance
- The start of the landing area of a runway
- (engineering) The quantitative point at which an action is triggered, especially a lower limit.
- The wage or salary at which income tax becomes due
- The outset of an action or project
- The point where one mentally or physically is vulnerable in response to provocation or to particular things in general. As in emotions, stress, or pain.
- The point of beginning or entry
- From all the pressure my partner has been through lately, his emotional threshold has suddenly gotten pretty low these days. I can tell because he easily loses it when he is around people or hears about anything to do with his concerns.
Related terms
- thresholding
- thresholdless
- thresholdlike
Translations
bottom-most part of a doorway
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entrance
point at which an action is triggered
income at which income tax becomes due
outset of an action or project
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point where one mentally or physically is vulnerable in response to provocation or to particular things in general