As adjectives the difference between liminal and laminar
is that liminal is of or pertaining to a threshold or entrance while laminar is of fluid motion, smooth and regular, flowing as though in different layers.
liminal
English
Adjective
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en adjective)
Of or pertaining to a threshold or entrance.
Of or pertaining to a beginning or first stage of a process; inceptive; inchoative; marginal.
Quotations
* 1888 , , Outlines of psychology , p. 114:
*: Every stimulus must reach a certain intensity before any appreciable sensation results. This point is known as the threshold or liminal intensity.
* 1999 , Sarah Iles Johnston, Restless Dead , p. 209:
*: Second, spaces such as the threshold of a door are “liminal ,” lying between otherwise defined areas without belonging to either of them.
Derived terms
* liminality
* liminary
* subliminal
* superliminal
Related terms
* limit
References
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Anagrams
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laminar
English
Adjective
(-)
of fluid motion, smooth and regular, flowing as though in different layers
:* 1992': The '''laminar bands of color to the west bleeding out under the hammered clouds. A sudden violetcolored hooding of the earth. — Cormac McCarthy, ''All The Pretty Horses
In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers.
# (electronics) In the form of thin flat electronic circuits, usually flexible.
