any place or point of entering or beginning: the threshold of a new career.
Also called limen. Psychology, Physiology. 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.
Origin of threshold
before 900; Middle English threschold,Old English threscold, threscwald; cognate with Old Norse threskǫldr,dialectal Swedish träskvald; akin to thresh in old sense “trample, tread”; -old, -wald unexplained
Once prices shoot above that threshold, the instructions read, central bankers are to go into action to determine if an interest rate hike is needed to rein in an overheating economy.
Why the Fed’s huge policy shift on inflation could be rocket fuel for stocks|Bernhard Warner|August 28, 2020|Fortune
The region has only ever crossed the case rate threshold, reports the Union-Tribune.
Morning Report: Coronado’s Backlash to the Racism Backlash|Voice of San Diego|August 19, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Gavin Newsom has ordered counties that meet a minimum threshold of new coronavirus cases – including San Diego – to keep schools closed.
Public Schools May Be Open in the Fall – to Those Who Can Afford it|Will Huntsberry|August 5, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Today, some 30 million people have taken consumer DNA tests, a threshold experts have called a tipping point.
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through August 1)|Singularity Hub Staff|August 1, 2020|Singularity Hub
A person can’t be infected by inhaling one or two viruses — they need to be exposed to a certain concentration of the virus before it can gain a foothold, though experts still aren’t sure what this threshold, called the infectious dose, is.
How To Make Indoor Air Safer|Kaleigh Rogers (kaleigh.rogers@fivethirtyeight.com)|July 20, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
There is one final lesson to learn before he crosses the threshold from darkness to glory.
The Walking Dead’s Luke Skywalker: Rick Grimes Is the Perfect Modern-Day Mythical Hero|Regina Lizik|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She took her temperature on Monday and noted it was slightly elevated to 99.5, just under the threshold for worry.
Ebola Nurses Are As Brave As Soldiers|Michael Daly|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That year was really the first year that I stepped over the threshold and became more of a collaborator.
‘Boyhood’ Star Ellar Coltrane: An Astonishing Debut 12 Years in the Making|Kevin Fallon|July 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Once a threshold osmolality is reached in our bodies, it triggers our brains to make us seek water.
When Table Salt Becomes Poison|Russell Saunders|June 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To meet that threshold, experts said, the bond investments or royalty income would have to be substantial.
Law-Breaking Judges Took Cases That Could Make Them Even Richer|Reity O’Brien, Kytja Weir, Chris Young, Center for Public Integrity|April 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I reached out my hand to learn the truth, and touched a cold hand hanging limply over the threshold.
A Virginia Scout|Hugh Pendexter
Avice ran to the door, and opened it, to find two priests standing on the threshold.
Our Little Lady|Emily Sarah Holt
At length the door opened again, and the physician appeared on the threshold.
Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia|L. Mhlbach,
No sooner does he pass the threshold than he stabs La Bonne with his dagger.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird
She was quietly entering the school of Life, while the rest were only standing at the threshold.
Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days|Nell Speed
British Dictionary definitions for threshold
threshold
/ (ˈθrɛʃəʊld, ˈθrɛʃˌhəʊld) /
noun
Also called: doorsilla sill, esp one made of stone or hardwood, placed at a doorway
any doorway or entrance
the starting point of an experience, event, or ventureon the threshold of manhood
psycholthe strength at which a stimulus is just perceivedthe threshold of consciousness Compare absolute threshold, difference threshold
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 effecta frequency threshold
(as modifier)a threshold current
(modifier)designating or relating to a pay agreement, clause, etc, that raises wages to compensate for increases in the cost of living
Other words from threshold
Related adjective: liminal
Word Origin for threshold
Old English therscold; related to Old Norse threskoldr, Old High German driscubli, Old Swedish thriskuldi