limina

Variant of limen

limen definition

li·men (lī′mən)

noun pl. limens li′·mens or limina lim′i·na (lim′i nə)

Physiol., Psychol. threshold

Etymology: L limen (gen. liminis), threshold, akin to limes, border, frontier: used as transl. of Ger schwelle

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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