| Meaning | The smallest detectable sensation. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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