As an adjective liminal
is of or pertaining to a threshold or entrance.
As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.
As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.
liminal
English
Adjective
(
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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Translingual
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Etymology 1
Letter
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Symbol
(
mul-symbol)
A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
strike
Etymology 2
Possibly from skull and crossbones
Derived terms
* XXX
See also
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