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threshold

The point at which a signal (voltage, current, etc.) is perceived as valid.


threshold
1. Psychol the strength at which a stimulus is just perceived
2. 
a. the minimum intensity or value of a signal, etc., that will produce a response or specified effect
b. (as modifier): a threshold current


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One enters into ritual time and ritual space by passing over a limen, a threshold, such as one finds at a doorway.
61v, "Franciscus Philelphus eques auratus ac poeta laureatus praeceptor meus clarissimus omniumque oratorum et poetarum qui hac floreant tempestate florueruntque a Christiana resurrectione citra limen, splendor et decus maximum, orationem habuit luculentissimam in qua acute et subtiliter de matrimonii nobilitate bonisque disseruit.
 
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