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  • 121Threshold price-point — In economics, a threshold price point is the psychological fixing of prices to entice a buyer. The most common example in the United States is the $??.99 phenomenon e.g. setting the price for a good at $9.99. Though it is effectively ten dollars… …

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  • 122Threshold effect — In particle physics, the term threshold effect usually refers to small corrections to rough calculations based on the renormalization group that arise from the detailed behavior near the scale where new physics takes place. In the context of… …

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  • 123threshold —    Symbolically, a threshold marks the boundary between a household and the outer world, and hence between belonging and not belonging, and between safety and danger. Guarding the doorway is an important aspect of magical *house protection, which …

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  • 124Threshold (2003 film) — Infobox Film name = Threshold caption = The infestation has begun director = Charles Bowman producer = Derek Rappaport writer = starring = Nicholas Lea Jamie Luner Steve Bacic music = Richard John Baker cinematography = Richard Wincenty editing …

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  • 125Threshold energy — In particle physics, the threshold energy for production of a particle is the minimum kinetic energy a pair of traveling particles must have when they collide. The threshold energy is always greater than or equal to the rest energy of the desired …

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  • 126threshold — noun Etymology: Middle English thresshold, from Old English threscwald; akin to Old Norse threskjǫldr threshold, Old English threscan to thresh Date: before 12th century 1. the plank, stone, or piece of timber that lies under a door ; sill 2. a.… …

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  • 127threshold — /thresh ohld, thresh hohld/, n. 1. the sill of a doorway. 2. the entrance to a house or building. 3. any place or point of entering or beginning: the threshold of a new career. 4. Also called limen. Psychol., Physiol. the point at which a… …

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  • 128threshold — thresh•old [[t]ˈθrɛʃ oʊld, ˈθrɛʃ hoʊld[/t]] n. 1) bui the sill of a doorway 2) bui the entrance to a house or building 3) any point of entering or beginning: the threshold of a new career[/ex] 4) phl psl Also called limen the point at which a… …

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