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thresh⋅old
[thresh-ohld, thresh-hohld]
–noun
| 1. | the sill of a doorway. |
| 2. | the entrance to a house or building. |
| 3. | any place or point of entering or beginning: the threshold of a new career. |
| 4. | 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:
bef. 900; ME threschold, OE threscold, threscwald; c. ON threskǫldr, dial. Sw träskvald; akin to thresh in old sense “trample, tread”; -old, -wald unexplained
bef. 900; ME threschold, OE threscold, threscwald; c. ON threskǫldr, dial. Sw träskvald; akin to thresh in old sense “trample, tread”; -old, -wald unexplained

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Threshold
Thresh"old\, n. [OE. threswold, [thorn]reshwold, AS. [thorn]rescwald, [thorn]erscwald, [thorn]erscold, [thorn]rescold, fr. [thorn]rescan, [thorn]erscan, to thresh; akin to Icel. [thorn]reskj["o]de, [thorn]r["o]skuldr, Sw. tr["o]skel, Dan. t[ae]rskel. See Thrash.]1. The plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entrance; gate; door. 2. Fig.: The place or point of entering or beginning, entrance; outset; as, the threshold of life.
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Language Translation for : threshold
Spanish:
umbral,
German:
die Schwelle,
Japanese:
敷居
threshold
O.E. þrescold, þærscwold, þerxold "doorsill, point of entering," first element related to O.E. þrescan (see thresh), with its original sense of "tread, trample." Second element of unknown origin and much transformed in all the Gmc. languages; in Eng. it probably has been altered to conform to hold, but the oft-repeated story that the threshold was a barrier placed at the doorway to hold the chaff flooring in the room is mere folk etymology. Cognates include O.N. þreskjoldr, Swed. tröskel, O.H.G. driscufli, Ger. dial. drischaufel.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: thresh·old
Pronunciation: 'thresh-"hOld
Function: noun
: a point of beginning : a minimum requirement for further action; specifically : a determination (as of fact or the existence of a reasonable doubt) upon which something else (as further consideration or a right of action) hinges
Main Entry: threshold
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or being a threshold
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: thresh·old
Pronunciation: 'thresh-"(h)Old
Function: noun
: the point at which a physiological or psychological effect begins to beproduced (as the degree of stimulation of a nerve which just produces a response or the concentration of sugar in the blood at which sugar just begins to pass the barrier of the kidneys and enter theurine)
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threshold thresh·old (thrěsh'ōld', -hōld')
n.
- The place or point of beginning; the outset.
- The lowest point at which a stimulus begins to produce a sensation.
- The minimal stimulus that produces excitation of any structure, eliciting a motor response.
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Threshold
(1.) Heb. miphtan, probably a projecting beam at a higher point than the threshold proper (1 Sam. 5:4,5; Ezek. 9:3; 10:4,18; 46:2; 47:1); also rendered "door" and "door-post." (2.) 'Asuppim, pl. (Neh. 12:25), rendered correctly "storehouses" in the Revised Version. In 1 Chr. 26:15, 17 the Authorized Version retains the word as a proper name, while in the Revised Version it is translated "storehouses."
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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