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thresh•old n. [countable]

Buildingthe bottom part of a doorway.
Buildingthe entrance to a house or building:They waved good-bye from the threshold.
any point of beginning:He was on the threshold of a new career.
Physiology, Psychologythe point at which something begins to take effect:Her dream was hovering on the threshold of consciousness. He has a low threshold of pain.

thresh•old n.

Buildingthe sill of a doorway.
Buildingthe entrance to a house or building.
any place or point of entering or beginning:the threshold of a new career.
Physiology, PsychologyAlso called limen. [Psychol., Physiol.] 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.

bef. 900; Middle English threschold, Old English threscold, threscwald; cognate with Old Norse threskǫldr, dialect, dialectal Swedish träskvald; akin to thresh in old sense "trample, tread''; -old, -wald unexplained

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threshold /ˈθrɛʃəʊld; ˈθrɛʃˌhəʊld/ n

Also called: doorsill a sill, esp one made of stone or hardwood, placed at a doorway
any doorway or entrance
the starting point of an experience, event, or venture
the strength at which a stimulus is just perceived: the threshold of consciousness
- a level or point at which something would happen, would cease to happen, or would take effect, become true, etc
- (as modifier): threshold price, threshold effect
the minimum intensity or value of a signal, etc, that will produce a response or specified effect
(modifier) designating or relating to a pay agreement, clause, etc, that raises wages to compensate for increases in the cost of living

Related adjective(s): liminal

Etymology: Old English therscold; related to Old Norse threskoldr, Old High German driscubli, Old Swedish thriskuldi

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