threshold
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- noun
- /ˈθrɛʃhoʊld/
- Specialized
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umbral
- Perhaps she has an extremely low pain threshold.
- hearing threshold
- pure-tone threshold
- threshold of 75 dB
Today's message is have a high pain threshold over to you Elon Musk.
- Today's message is have a high pain threshold over to you Elon Musk.
- It washes out the low threshold of what you're able to detect.
- Well, it turns out I actually have a really high threshold for pain.
- They have a very sensitive or low threshold vomit reflex.
- So genetic six days have shown the threshold is there for bitter taste.
- And he says all except for the sudden red stinking roar of coming back to his senses, coming back across the wild threshold of pain.
Examples
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Well, it turns out I actually have a really high threshold for pain.
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Find out his pain threshold and get back to me.
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I have an incredibly high threshold for pain.
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More of a dancer, really, with a very high pain threshold.
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Amongst all the Kalenjin group that are running, there are those that can have a very low pain threshold.
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Mechanisms of adaptation have allowed individuals' pain thresholds to increase or decrease.
Academic text (2017) -
The doctor explained that the threshold for detecting pain varies from person to person.
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It is important to know your threshold for pain to avoid too much discomfort during treatment.
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Researchers have found that the threshold for sound detection decreases with age.
Synonyms
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The lowest level of sound, light, or touch that you can notice
The weakest amount of something that a person or animal can notice with their senses
A very small change in something you can see, hear, smell, taste, or touch
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
The smallest change in what you see, hear, or taste that a person can notice
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The smallest change in something, like light or taste, that a person can notice
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A minimum percentage of votes a political party must get to win any seats in parliament
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The weakest amount of something that a person or animal can notice with their senses
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A part of a circuit that gives an output only when the input reaches a set level
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A function that gives 1 when an input is above a fixed number and 0 when not
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An electrical device that sends a signal when enough inputs are active
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A process that checks values against a set level and marks which values meet it
How Strong
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Surface Forms
Etymology
In science, threshold means the smallest level you can notice, and this sense comes from the same idea of a first step over a threshold. It marks the very first point where something 'begins to be felt' or detected, so scientists use it for the 'smallest detectable level'.