threshold

The definition of a threshold is the entrance or start of something.

(noun)

See threshold in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

doorsill
the entrance or beginning point of something: at the threshold of a new career
Physiol., Psychol. the point at which a stimulus is just strong enough to be perceived or produce a response: the threshold of pain

Origin: ME threschwold < OE therscwold (akin to ON threskǫlder) < base of therscan (see thrash) + ?

See threshold in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A piece of wood or stone placed beneath a door; a doorsill.
An entrance or a doorway.
The place or point of beginning; the outset.
The point that must be exceeded to begin producing a given effect or result or to elicit a response: a low threshold of pain.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English thresshold

Origin: , from Old English therscold, threscold; see terə-¹ in Indo-European roots

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