threshold limit
collocation in Englishmeaningsofthresholdandlimit
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threshold
noun
uk/ˈθreʃ.həʊld/us/ˈθreʃ.hoʊld/
the floor of an entrance to a building ...
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limit
noun
uk/ˈlɪm.ɪt/us/ˈlɪm.ɪt/
the greatest amount, number, or level of something that is either possible ...
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(Definition ofthresholdandlimitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Once thatthresholdlimitis reached, methane generation would result in a considerable fall in the unit cost of disposal.
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I therefore do not believe that legislative controls orthresholdlimitvalues would be appropriate.
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There are no plans at present to alter thethresholdlimitvalue for carbon disulphide.
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This subject is very much bound up with thethresholdlimitvalue for mineral oil.
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One of the anomalies is the loss of grant before thethresholdlimitis reached.
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Thethresholdlimitvalue for carbon disulphide, regardless of the industry in which it is used, is 20 parts per million parts of air.
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Athresholdlimitvalue refers to airborne concentrations and represents conditions under which it is believed that nearly all workers may be repeatedly exposed day after day without adverse effect.
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Thresholdlimitvalues represent concentrations of substances to which it is believed that nearly all workers may be repeatedly exposed day after day without adverse effect to their health.
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I repeat that it is our intention to make them available to all sizes of firms as quickly as possible, and to reduce thethresholdlimit.
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All universities must give at least a £300 bursary to students from families with incomes up to thethresholdlimitat which we set the £2,700 grant, which is £33,000 a year.
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The system that was used was thethresholdlimitvalue divided by 40, and a mean percentage was taken.
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Briefly, it is that exposure should be kept as low as reasonably practicable, and in any event within the publishedthresholdlimitvalues.
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He was told not to worry as his system was below thethresholdlimit—in effect, too small.
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The odor detection threshold for phosgene is 0.4 ppm, four times thethresholdlimitvalue.
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Thethresholdlimitvalue is 0.05 ppm.
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It is a suspected human carcinogen, with a currentthresholdlimitvalue of 0.01 ppm in the industrial atmosphere.
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The relationship is commonly found to be positive, although some studies identify positive effects only above some threshold limits.
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This directive obliges operators of establishments having dangerous substances within certain threshold limits to establish a major accident prevention policy.
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The option value can be understood as the expected value of the difference of two present value distributions with an economically rational threshold limiting losses on a risk-adjusted basis.
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