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subthreshold

[ suhb-thresh-ohld, -thresh-hohld ]

adjective

, Psychology, Physiology.
  1. (of a stimulus) too weak to produce a response.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of subthreshold1

First recorded in 1940–45; sub- + threshold

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