lim|i|nal

lim|i|nal
lim|i|nal «LIHM uh nuhl, LY muh-», adjective.
1. Psychology, Physiology. of or having to do with a limen or threshold, especially of pception.
2. Rare. of or having to do with the threshold or initial stage of a process.
[< Latin līmen, -inis threshold; limen + English -al1]

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