From an online dictionary, I found:

 "One entry found for liminal.
 

Main Entry: lim*i*nal 
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin limin-, limen threshold
Date: 1884
1 : of or relating to a sensory threshold
2 : barely perceptible"

So, I see the use of this word as less physical and more conceptual.
That doesn't mean that the hands-on Bpers don't think in broad concepts,
but we'll cross that threshold when we get to it.  


Ilene R. Tyler, FAIA



Date:    Thu, 5 Sep 2002 06:53:00 -0700
From:    Cuyler Page <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Liminal


PS:   Speaking of "Thresholds", no one mentioned the "Liminal" during =
the recent chat about doorways.  I heard that term used for "doorway" at
= a recent academic conference about "the nature of home" and
immediately = realized how relevant to life BP really is since it was
right after the =
"door saddle" thread.   We usually refer to the origin of "threshold" as
=
a medieval word about the raised door piece that kept in the straw, or =
thresh, back in the historic cold period when household floors were =
covered with it, rather than something related to the threshing floor.

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