thresholds
Points of entry
Thresholds is the plural of threshold—the strip of wood or stone at the bottom of a doorway, or more figuratively, a point of entry or beginning: on the threshold of a new era.
A threshold also marks a boundary where something changes or takes effect: pain threshold, tax threshold.
In science and engineering, thresholds indicate critical values that trigger responses: The sensor activates when temperature crosses certain thresholds.
Mental interpretation of stimuli
- detectionAct of finding something
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
- stimulusWhat prompts a reaction
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
response · pain · hearing · auditory · visual · tactile · sensation · receptors
Openings for access, or beguiles
- doorstepsPlatforms before exterior passages
- sillsFrame bottom pieces
- lintelsBeams spanning openings
- entrywaysPassages into buildings
doorsills · gateways · passages · vestibules · portals · foyers · crossings · entranceways
Initial stages of something
- crossroadsMeeting of routes
- milestonesNotable points of progress
- precipicesSteep cliff faces
- cuspsSharp projecting points
verges · edges · junctures · pivots · breakthroughs · awakenings · transformations · rites-of-passage
Imposed maximum points
- boundariesLines marking separation
- cutoffsJeans trimmed into shorts
- minimumsSmallest permissible amounts
- maximumsHighest permitted amounts
baselines · benchmarks · parameters · criteria · standards · margins · ceilings · floors
Stimulation of response
- activationSetting into operation
- neuralOf nerve tissue
- voltageElectrical potential difference
- dose-responseRelationship between amount and effect
critical · ignition · boiling · melting · absolute · differential · renal · cardiac
perception
Mental interpretation of stimuli
- detectionAct of finding something
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
- stimulusWhat prompts a reaction
awareness · response · pain · hearing · auditory · visual · tactile · sensation · receptors · activation
entrances
Openings for access, or beguiles
entryways · doorsills · gateways · passages · vestibules · portals · foyers · crossings · entranceways · doormats
beginnings
Initial stages of something
- crossroadsMeeting of routes
- milestonesNotable points of progress
- precipicesSteep cliff faces
cusps · verges · edges · junctures · pivots · breakthroughs · awakenings · transformations · rites-of-passage · initiations
limits
Imposed maximum points
- boundariesLines marking separation
- cutoffsJeans trimmed into shorts
- minimumsSmallest permissible amounts
maximums · baselines · benchmarks · parameters · criteria · standards · margins · ceilings · floors · ranges
excitation
Stimulation of response
- activationSetting into operation
- neuralOf nerve tissue
- voltageElectrical potential difference
dose-response · critical · ignition · boiling · melting · absolute · differential · renal · cardiac · aerobic
- standardsstandard, standards, norm, norms, criterion
- constraintsconstraint, limits, restrictions, deadline, restraints
- interiorsrooms, bedrooms, walls, kitchens, floors
- Limitationsflaws, defects, bugs, glitches, restrictions
- boundariesboundary, boundary line, borders, border, edges
- building hardwarehinges, locks, latches, knobs, handles
- pain thresholdsLevels where sensation becomes distress
- thresholds of perceptionSmallest detectable stimulus levels
- hearing thresholdFaintest audible intensity
- below the threshold
- sensory thresholdMinimum stimulus for perception
- electoral thresholdMinimum vote share required