limen

Questions about limen

What does limen mean?

limen means "the smallest detectable sensation".

How many syllables are in limen?

limen has 2 syllables and divides as li-men under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for limen?

Close synonyms include threshold. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is limen a common word?

limen is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.