thresholds

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drempels

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

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

drempels

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

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nothing happens until the signal passes the threshold
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threshold