Usually means: Threshold between two different states.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. liminal: Merriam-Webster
  2. liminal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. liminal: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Liminal, liminal: Wordnik
  5. liminal: Wiktionary
  6. liminal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. liminal: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. liminal: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. liminal: Dictionary.com
  10. Liminal (disambiguation), Liminal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. liminal: FreeDictionary.org
  12. liminal: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. liminal: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Liminal: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  5. liminal: Medical dictionary
  6. Liminal: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

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  1. liminal: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (liminal)

▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to an entrance or threshold.
▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to a beginning or first stage of a process.

Similar:
periliminal, superliminal, super-liminal, underthreshold, subliminal, sub-liminal, in-betweeny, interludial, liminocentric, intermedial, more...

Opposite:
subliminal

Phrases:
liminal stimulus, Liminal deity, liminal spaces, Liminal being, liminal space, more...

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Similar:
periliminal, superliminal, super-liminal, underthreshold, subliminal, sub-liminal, in-betweeny, interludial, liminocentric, intermedial, more...

Opposite:
subliminal

Phrases:
liminal stimulus, Liminal deity, liminal spaces, Liminal being, liminal space, liminal state, fear of liminal spaces, liminal landscape, more...

Colors:
    pale blue,     lavender,     dusky pink,     ethereal green,     sepia, more...



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