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limen
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun limen has 1 sense
- limen(n = noun.cognition) threshold - the smallest detectable sensation; Array is a kind of aesthesis, esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression
has particulars: absolute threshold, difference limen, difference threshold, differential limen, differential threshold
CIDE DICTIONARY
limen, n.
a threshhold, especially the point where a psychological or physiological effect begins to occur. [PJC]
THESAURUS
limen
affectibility, border line, bound, boundary, boundary condition, boundary line, bourn, break boundary, breakoff point, ceiling, circumscription, compass, confine, cutoff, cutoff point, deadline, delimitation, determinant, division line, end, extremity, finish, floor, frontier, hedge, high-water mark, impressibility, impressionability, interface, limit, limitation, limiting factor, line, line of demarcation, low-water mark, lower limit, march, mark, mete, openness to sensation, perceptibility, physical sensibility, readiness of feeling, receptiveness, receptivity, sensation level, sensibility, sensibleness, sentience, sentiency, start, starting line, starting point, susceptibility, susceptivity, target date, term, terminal date, terminus, threshold, threshold of sensation, time allotment, upper limit
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