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LIMEN (limina)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does limen mean? 

LIMEN (noun)
  The noun LIMEN has 1 sense:

1. the smallest detectable sensationplay

  Familiarity information: LIMEN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LIMEN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The smallest detectable sensation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

limen; threshold

Hypernyms ("limen" is a kind of...):

aesthesis; esthesis; sensation; sense datum; sense experience; sense impression (an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "limen"):

absolute threshold (the lowest level of stimulation that a person can detect)

difference limen; difference threshold; differential limen; differential threshold (the smallest change in stimulation that a person can detect)


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