Search for crossword answers and clues

Answer for the clue "The smallest detectable sensation ", 5 letters:
limen

Alternative clues for the word limen

Word definitions for limen in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
limen \limen\ n. (Psychol.) a threshhold, especially the point where a psychological or physiological effect begins to occur.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Limen is a word of equivocal semantics written in the Latin alphabet , and used in many different modern languages, including English. It generally, but not necessarily, represents the Latin word limen, plural limina, “threshold,” or is a transliteration ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the smallest detectable sensation [syn: threshold ] [also: limina (pl)]

Usage examples of limen.

Hel sat neckdeep in the Japanese wooden tub filled with water so hot that lowering himself into it had been an experience on the limen between pain and pleasure.

Then, just before madness, the crests broke and swirled over his limen of consciousness, and he escaped into oblivion.

It was piercingly sweet to reach the limen of love, to pursue their brief unity with olamic fervor, since both knew, and could not bring themselves to admit, that this was the last time they would join their bodies in order to share their souls.

He read British books, lived on British bounty, wrote in British freedom, collaborated with En limen, and lies in London grave.

Those ships needing refueling had it done as soon as they exited the Canal at the Gatun Locks, then formed an antisubmarine barrier outside Limen Bay.

Ecclesiam furibundus introiit, inde custode remoto papam per gulam accepit, distraxit pugnis calcibusque percussit, et tanquam brutum animal intra limen ecclesiae acriter calcaribus cruentavit.

Ecclesiam furibundus introiit, inde custode remoto papam per gulam accepit, distraxit pugnis calcibusque percussit, et tanquam brutum animal intra limen ecclesiae acriter calcaribus cruentavit.

Testis omnium gentium, praeterquam Romanorum, absentia mulierum, quae sanctorum apostolorum limina orandi gratia timent visere, cum nonnullas ante dies paucos, hunc audierint conjugatas, viduas, virgines vi oppressisse, (Liutprand, Hist. l.

Testis omnium gentium, praeterquam Romanorum, absentia mulierum, quae sanctorum apostolorum limina orandi gratia timent visere, cum nonnullas ante dies paucos, hunc audierint conjugatas, viduas, virgines vi oppressisse, (Liutprand, Hist.