absolute threshold meaning

• Noun: absolute threshold
  1. The lowest level of stimulation that a person can detect

  Derived forms: absolute thresholds

  Type of: limen, threshold

  Encyclopedia: Absolute threshold

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Examples

1. absolute threshold of luminance
2. Several psychophysical methods can measure absolute threshold.
3. The absolute threshold is defined statistically, often as an average of all obtained hearing thresholds.
4. A universal absolute threshold is difficult to define a standard because of the variability of the measurements.
5. It was at the absolute threshold of audibility, where it might have been real or imagined.