Limen (disambiguation)
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Limen is a word of equivocal semantics written in the Latin alphabet, and used in many different modern languages, including English. It generally, but not necessarily, represents the Latin word limen, plural limina, “threshold,” or is a transliteration into the Latin alphabet of the ancient Greek word, λιμήν, “harbor, refuge, creek.” Some specific uses are:
- Limen, a Chinese word for “gateway of the principle” used in Zailiism
Science
- Limen, a threshold of a physiological or psychological response
- Limen insulae, the junction point between anterior and posterior stem of the sylvian fissure in the brain
- Limen nasi, a mucous ridge between the nasal vestibule and the rest of nasal cavity
- Difference limen, a Just-noticeable difference in experimental psychology
- Limenavis, “threshold bird” a fossil bird genus
