a threshold phenomenon.

Portuguese translation: Fenômeno contingente

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English term or phrase:a threshold phenomenon.
Portuguese translation:Fenômeno contingente
Entered by: lmrocha

18:43 Aug 25, 2016
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: a threshold phenomenon.
People tend to focus on the few broad outcomes that appear most probable and ignore the low-probability scenarios. As various possible outcomes become less and more likely, certain neglected ones of small probability pop into view a threshold phenomenon.
lmrocha
Brazil
Local time: 23:06
Fenômeno contingente
Explanation:
"Fenômeno limítrofe" seria a tradução mais literal. Contudo, no contexto específico desse texto, "fenômeno contingente" traduz melhor o sentido de "improbabilidade de que o fenômeno ocorra".
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Ana Costa
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1fenômeno do limiar
Matheus Chaud
4limiar ou limite
Patrícia Bucioli
4fenômeno limítrofe
Bett
4um fenómeno-limiar
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
4Fenômeno contingente
Ana Costa


  

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limiar ou limite


Explanation:
Cheguei a esta conclusão por causa desta definição aqui:

threshold [thresh´old]
1. the level that must be reached for an effect to be produced, as the degree of intensity of stimulus that just produces a sensation.
2. that value at which a stimulus just produces a sensation, is just appreciable, or comes just within the limits of perception.


Patrícia Bucioli
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fenômeno limítrofe


Explanation:
suggestion

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um fenómeno-limiar


Explanation:
Diria assim em PT(pt), ver:

Eco ressalta que o pensamento simbólico definido por Lacan, que ocorre exatamente como A. Pimenta descreve, é o próprio semiósico, “momento de «encruzilhada estrutural» ou, como dizíamos, fenómeno-limiar” (Eco, 1989: 13)
https://sigarra.up.pt/flup/pt/pub_geral.show_file?pi_gdoc_id...

Imergindo nessa aporia, constatamos que, sendo o espelho um
fenómeno-limiar entre o imaginário e o simbólico, isto é, entre o especular (real prematuro) e o especulativo (integrador e hermenêutico), a experiência antropomórfica de nos vermos como o outro nos vê, ainda que cientes de uma
subjectividade inerente, é constitutiva da experiência única da alteridade.
https://sigarra.up.pt/reitoria/pt/pub_geral.show_file?pi_gdo...


Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Fenômeno contingente


Explanation:
"Fenômeno limítrofe" seria a tradução mais literal. Contudo, no contexto específico desse texto, "fenômeno contingente" traduz melhor o sentido de "improbabilidade de que o fenômeno ocorra".

Ana Costa
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threshold phenomenon
fenômeno do limiar


Explanation:
Limiar é um substantivo, então deixo como sugestão traduzir

threshold phenomenon = fenômeno do limiar, ou seja,
fenômeno do limiar que existe entre os cenários menos prováveis e os mais prováveis.


Há algumas referências a fenômeno do limiar em outras áreas.

Ex.:
fenômeno do limiar anaeróbio
fenômeno do limiar de erro

Talvez ajude...

Matheus Chaud
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