Underthreshold
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Underthreshold is an adjective meaning Positioned below a threshold.
Meaning
Positioned below a threshold.
More Meanings
- Being below the threshold or outside of the ordinary limits of consciousness; subconscious; subliminal.
Example Sentences
Accordingly, it represents an underthreshold load in trained persons, and no endocrine response was observed.
The notion "underthreshold" is to be explained as all that which is under the ordinary threshold or outside the customary bounds of consciousness; [...]
In this way it is possible to describe the underthreshold membrane behavior of a neuron distinguishing the effects of synapses located in the main dendritic tree or near the trigger zone.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include subthreshold, infrathreshold, subvisible, understep, subperceptual, subsensory.
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