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excitatory threshold

the stimulus intensity that is just sufficient to trigger a nerve impulse.

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adequate sample

adequate sample

a sample that sufficiently represents the larger population from which it was drawn in terms of size, being large enough to provide satisfactory precision by minimizing the possibility of chance affecting the data obtained.