2. 1. A logic operator having the property that if P is a statement, Q is a statement, R is a statement, …, then the threshold of P, Q, R, … is true if at least N statements are true, false if less than N statements are true, where N is a specified nonnegative integer called the threshold condition.
Old English therscold, threscold; related to German dialect Drischaufel; the first element is related to thresh (in a Germanic sense 'tread'), but the origin of the second element is unknown