Phrase Hound found 15 phrases and 13 compound words that contain threshold. The most common are listed below. Open threshold in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 15
- Threshold value
- pain thresholdThe minimum intensity or duration of a sensory stimulus applied to a living being at which it becomes considered painful.
- threshold of originalityA threshold of creativity and originality that has to be met in order for a work to be considered a work of art and thus copyrightable.
- election thresholdA minimum percentage of votes that a party needs to receive in order to obtain a parliamentary seat.
- threshold potentialThe critical level to which a membrane potential must be depolarized to initiate an action potential.
- absolute thresholdThe smallest amount of stimulus that can be responded to.
- Darwinian thresholdA transition period during the evolution of the first cells, when genetic transmission moves from a predominantly horizontal mode to a vertical mode.
- threshold effectSomething that occurs only once a critical threshold has been reached.
- Micawber thresholdA level of income, above the poverty line, but not high enough to cope with economic shocks.
- threshold workerA worker with very limited skills and experience in his/her chosen career.
- cycle thresholdThe number of times a sample of DNA must be copied using PCR before the total amount of DNA detectable is above a certain cut-off.
- threshold effectsplural of threshold effect: Something that occurs only once a critical threshold has been reached.
- threshold workersplural of threshold worker: A worker with very limited skills and experience in his/her chosen career.
- epidemic thresholda predefined threshold for the number of cases of a contagious disease above which the disease is considered to be at epidemic levels.
- threshold potentialsplural of threshold potential: The critical level to which a membrane potential must be depolarized to initiate an action potential.
Compound words 13
- subthresholdOf a stimulus: not strong enough to elicit a response.
- underthresholdPositioned below a threshold.
- thresholderA person who occupies the threshold between places or statuses.
- bithresholdThe intersection of two thresholds
- photothresholdThe threshold at which a photoelectric effect is established
- suprathresholdThat is sufficiently strong (greater than a threshold strength) to generate a response
- infrathresholdBelow a specific threshold
- perithresholdAround a threshold value
- stereothresholdA threshold of stereoscopic acuity (below which no depth information is visible)
- thresholdlessHaving no threshold