(of a stimulus) not powerful enough to produce a response
subthreshold in American English
(sʌbˈθreʃould, -ˈθreʃhould)
adjective
Psychology & Physiology(of a stimulus)
too weak to produce a response
Word origin
[1940–45; sub- + threshold]This word is first recorded in the period 1940–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: airlift, redline, set-aside, whiteout, zapsub- is a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Latin (subject; subtract; subvert; subsidy). On this model, sub- is freely attached to elements of any origin and used with the meaning “under,” “below,”“beneath” (subalpine; substratum), “slightly,” “imperfectly,” “nearly” (subcolumnar; subtropical), “secondary,” “subordinate” (subcommittee; subplot)
Examples of 'subthreshold' in a sentence
subthreshold
This may cause the subthreshold circuit failure at very low supply voltage.
S. D. Pable, Mohd. Ajmal Kafeel, A. K. Kureshi, Mohd. Hasan 2012, 'Robustness Comparison of Emerging Devices for Portable Applications', Journal of Nanomaterialshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/242459. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Noise substantially reduces the delay duration and induces subthreshold oscillations.
David Golomb, Karnit Donner, Liron Shacham, Dan Shlosberg, Yael Amitai, David Hansel 2007, 'Mechanisms of firing patterns in fast-spiking cortical interneurons.', PLoS Computational Biologyhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1941757?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Neurons display continuous subthreshold oscillations and discrete action potentials.
Zoltan Nadasdy, Zoltan Nadasdy 2010, 'Binding by asynchrony: the neuronal phase code', Frontiers in Neurosciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2010.00051/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Current treatment approaches include photodynamic therapy, oral aldosterone antagonism and subthreshold multifocal laser.
Daren Hanumunthadu, Anna C S Tan, Sumit Randhir Singh, Niroj Kumar Sahu, Jay Chhablani 2018, 'Management of chronic central serous chorioretinopathy', Indian Journal of Ophthalmologyhttp://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2018;volume=66;issue=12;spage=1704;epage=1714;aulast=Hanumunthadu. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Treatment with threshold or subthreshold grid laser also resulted in minimal vision gain.
Ron Adelman, Aaron Parnes, Zofia Michalewska, Barbara Parolini, Claude Boscher, DidierDucournau 2015, 'Strategy for the Management of Diabetic Macular Edema: The European Vitreo-RetinalSociety Macular Edema Study', BioMed Research Internationalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/352487. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The rebound depolarization re-initiates and temporarily phase locks the subthreshold oscillations.
Paolo Bazzigaluppi, Tom Ruigrok, Payam Saisan, Chris I De Zeeuw, Marcel de Jeu 2012, 'Properties of the nucleo-olivary pathway: an in vivo whole-cell patch clamp study.',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3459892?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)