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li·men  (lmn)
n. pl. li·mens or lim·i·na (lm-n)
The threshold of a physiological or psychological response.
[Latin lmen, threshold.]
limi·nal (lm-nl) adj.
limen [ˈlaɪmɛn]
n pl limens, limina [ˈlɪmɪnə]
(Psychology) Psychol another term for threshold [4] See also liminal
[from Latin]
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Noun1.limen - the smallest detectable sensation
threshold
aesthesis, esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression - an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation; "a sensation of touch"
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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The term limen, meaning threshold in Latin, permeates various parts of the poem, although it does not herald an altogether new experience in all cases of its usage.
Images of liminality in Book VI of The Aeneid by Saeedi, Pouneh / CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
Liminal--a term derived from the word limen, meaning threshold--is a psychological term denoting the threshold between the sensate and subliminal, a term that has entered postcolonial theory to locate an interstitial space between fixed identifications where difference, or cultural hybridity, or transgressive acts, may open new worlds of possibility, new narratives by which to live.
Literature, post-postapartheid? by Chapman, M. / Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, comparative linguistics and literary studies
The fictitious characters cross the line into the "real" world (Charlot, Tom Baxter, the young lady), the "real" characters enter the fictitious one (the censor, Cecilia), some fictional characters wind up in another fiction (Baxter in Juztrenka), and in all cases the passage of the limen into the other world is confirmed by the sense of touch.
Through a screen darkly: penetrating layers of illusion in text and ... by Ciccotti, Eusebio; Pauly, Rebecca / Literature-Film Quarterly
 
 
 
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