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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 sensation
Familiarity information: LIMEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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