Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

superthreshold

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
su-perthresh-old
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English threshold English superthreshold From super- + threshold.

Questions

What does superthreshold mean?
Of a stimulus: strong enough to elicit a response.
Where does superthreshold come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English threshold English superthreshold From super- + threshold.

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