absolute threshold

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæb.səˌlut/, /ˌæb.səˈljut/ + IPA(key): /ˈθɹɜʃ.hoʊld/, /ˈθɹɜʃ.oʊld/

Noun[edit]

absolute threshold (plural absolute thresholds)

  1. The smallest amount of stimulus that can be responded to.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 6