thresholds

1.

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a strip of wood, metal, or stone forming the bottom of a doorway and crossed in entering a house or room.

:
he stood on the threshold of Sheila's bedroom
2.

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the magnitude or intensity that must be exceeded for a certain reaction, phenomenon, result, or condition to occur or be manifested.

:
nothing happens until the signal passes the threshold