▪ I. ‖ limen Psychol.
(ˈlaɪmɛn)
[L. līmen = ‘threshold’; introduced as an equivalent for G. schwelle (a term first used by Herbart Psychol. 1824).]
The limit below which a given stimulus ceases to be perceptible; the minimum amount of stimulus or nerve-excitation required to produce a sensation. Also called threshold n.
| 1895 Titchener Külpe's Outl. Psychol. 48 The just noticeable stimulus is technically termed the stimulus limen [G. Reizschwelle], and the just noticeable stimulus-difference the difference limen [G. Unterschiedsschwelle]. 1901 ― Exper. Psychol. I. 140 The method given for the determination of the limen. |
▪ II. limen
obs. pl. limb n.1