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閾: threshold

threshold
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Readings

On
シキ・イキ・キョク・ヨク
Kun
くぎり・しきい

Seen in 閾値 (いきち or しきいち, a threshold value) and 識閾 (しきいき); alone it can be しきい, the threshold of a door.

Key words

閾値いきちthreshold value
閾しきいthreshold
識閾しきいきthreshold of consciousness

Example sentences

This sensor sounds an alarm when the temperature exceeds the threshold.

A person notices a sound only when the stimulus rises above the threshold of awareness.

The moment I stepped over the threshold of the old house, a familiar smell tickled my nose.

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