threshold

Pronunciation:		'threshowld
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Matching Terms:		threshold element, threshold function, threshold gate, threshold level, threshold limit value, threshold operation
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offer support when passing through a doorway [n] the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close; "he stuck his head in the doorway" [n] the smallest detectable sensation [n] a region marking a boundary [n] the starting point for a new state or experience; "on the threshold of manhood"

	Synonyms:	brink, doorsill, doorstep, limen, verge

	See Also:	absolute threshold, beginning, bound, boundary, case, casing, commencement, difference limen, difference threshold, differential limen, differential threshold, door, doorcase, doorframe, doorway, edge, entrance, entranceway, entree, entry, entryway, exterior door, first, kickoff, offset, outset, outside door, room access, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression, sill, start, starting time, threshold, wall

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\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.

Easton Bible Dictionary

	Definition:	(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."

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