subthreshold
- adjective
- /ˌsʌbˈθrɛʃhoʊld/
- Specialized
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subumbral
- The researchers found that subthreshold stimuli could influence the participants' mood without them being aware of it.
Examples
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Subthreshold amounts of social odorant affect mood, but not behavior, in heterosexual women when tested by a male, but not a female, experimenter.
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My magic number of critical interval which we have observed in this summation of subthreshold signals and temporal masking.
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You have to play at a subthreshold awakening sound.
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On the other hand, if you start using an ASIC or subthreshold MOSFET design, those are much smaller.
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This example illustrates the principle while avoiding complicating the discussion with practical details, such as the application to the circuit of the digital inputs, and the avoidance of data-dependent errors due to subthreshold conduction.
Academic text (1996) -
In electronics, using subthreshold operation can significantly reduce power consumption in devices.
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The study showed that subthreshold levels of a particular drug did not produce any noticeable effects in the patients.
Synonyms
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A dose or treatment that is too low to work properly
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Subthreshold combines sub- 'below' and threshold 'a level or line you must cross, like a door step'. So a subthreshold stimulus or signal is simply 'below the level needed to cause a response'.