Meaning | The smallest detectable sensation. | |
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Synonym | threshold | |
Narrower | absolute threshold | The lowest level of stimulation that a person can detect |
difference threshold, differential threshold, difference limen, differential limen | The smallest change in stimulation that a person can detect | |
Broader | sensation, esthesis, aesthesis, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum | An unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation |
Spanish | limen | |
Catalan | llindar |
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