THRESHOLD

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Traducere în limba română

threshold substantiv

1. prag, pridvor.

2. (fig.) prag, început, punct de plecare.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Mugridge sat down on the raised threshold to the galley and went on with his knife-sharpening.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

He hurried me up the walk, through the grounds, and into the house; but we were quite wet before we could pass the threshold.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

A relationship between a planned activity and one of the following where all activities are intended to occur at some point in the course of a particular study:- another planned activity where the source activity does not occur unless the target activity has occurred- the defined outcome of another planned activity where the source activity does not occur unless the target activity outcome has occurred- a planned group of other criteria that may be composed of a mix of other activities, observation results and/or other groups Example: Only perform a certain lab test if drug X was administered. (target = another activity); Only perform a substance administration of drug X if the blood pressure was over some threshold number. (target = observation result from another activity that is an observation); Only perform a substance administration of drug Y if the blood pressure was over some threshold number and either the result of a certain lab test was positive or the subject's temperature was elevated, i.e. (A and (B or C)).

(Planned Contingent On Relationship, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

When folate levels reached approximately 20 nanomoles per liter (nm/L), which is within the normal range for adults, further increases in folate levels did not confer additional benefits, indicating a threshold or ceiling effect.

(Proper maternal folate level may reduce child obesity risk, NIH)

EXAMPLE(S): Only perform a certain lab test if drug X was administered. (target = another activity) Only perform a substance administration of drug X if the blood pressure was over some threshold number. (target = observation result from another activity that is an observation)Only perform a substance administration of drug Y if the blood pressure was over some threshold number and either the result of a certain lab test was positive or the subjects temperature was elevated, i.e. (A and (B or C)).

(Defined Contingent On Relationship, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Testing the device to detect malfunctions caused by a sudden reduction of the voltage at a particular point in an electricity supply system below a specified dip threshold followed by its recovery after a brief interval.

(Device Electrical Slow Fluctuation Testing Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

The N terminus of Deltex Homolog 1 directly interacts with the Notch1 ankyrin repeats, and specifically prevents the recruitment of coactivators and limits CSL activation below the threshold needed for induction of T cell fate.

(Deltex Homolog 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Placing this under his shoulders, I balanced him across the threshold and lowered him down the steps to the floor.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

All at once I remembered that it might be Pilot, who, when the kitchen- door chanced to be left open, not unfrequently found his way up to the threshold of Mr. Rochester's chamber: I had seen him lying there myself in the mornings.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

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