Middle and Threshold

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Middle noun - A middle point between extremes.

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Threshold is an antonym for middle.

Nearby Words: middling, middlemost, middled, middleware

Threshold noun - An interval of time just before the onset of something.

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Middle is an antonym for threshold in opening topic.

Nearby Word: thresholding

physical	physical middle	physical threshold
clear	clear middle	clear threshold
exact	exact middle	exact threshold
perfect	perfect middle	perfect threshold
Other adjectives: single, lower, new, final, hidden, last.

You can't stop them from ditching you in the middle of combat once they reach that threshold until they heal enough.

Source: Video Game / Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Archviles additionally do not have a targeting threshold, meaning they will always instantly switch targets upon being damaged, even in the middle of their attack.

Source: Videogame / Doom
A thorough explanation was given on-screen in Stargate: Atlantis when a ship gets jammed in the middle of a stargate: as a safety feature, the stargate only dematerializes whole objects that pass through its threshold, then transmits them through a wormhole as energy to another stargate.

Source: Teleporter Accident

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