underthreshold
adjEtymology From under- + threshold, probably a calque of German unterschwellig (“subliminal”, literally “under-threshold”), from unter- (“under-”) + Schwelle (“threshold”). More at under, sill.
1
Positioned below a threshold.
2
Being below the threshold or outside of the ordinary limits of consciousness; subconscious; subliminal.
- The notion "underthreshold" is to be explained as all that which is under the ordinary threshold or outside the customary bounds of consciousness; [...]1913, Edward Ebenezer Weaver, Mind and health:
- Accordingly, it represents an underthreshold load in trained persons, and no endocrine response was observed.1986, Hormonal ensemble in exercise
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- In this way it is possible to describe the underthreshold membrane behavior of a neuron distinguishing the effects of synapses located in the main dendritic tree or near the trigger zone.2003, Vincenzo Capasso, Mathematical modelling & computing in biology and medicine: