閾いき刺し激げき

noun

threshold stimulus; liminal stimulus

Technical term in physiology and psychology for the weakest stimulus that can just be detected or produce a response.

• 閾いき刺し激げき以い下かの強つよさでは、感かん覚かくは生しょうじない。

  At intensities below the threshold stimulus, no sensation occurs.

• この実じっ験けんでは、被ひ験けん者しゃに閾いき刺し激げきを与あたえて反はん応のう時じ間かんを測そく定ていした。

  In this experiment, we gave the subjects a threshold stimulus and measured their reaction time.