absolute threshold

English

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

Noun

absolute threshold (plural absolute thresholds)

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

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