Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
below the threshold of conscious perception;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Subliminal \Sub*lim"i*nal\, a. [Pref. sub- + L. limen
threshold.]
1. (Philos.) Existing in the mind, but below the surface or
threshold of consciousness; that is, existing as feeling
rather than as clear ideas.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. having or using an intensity of sensory stimulus
insufficient to be perceived consciously, but having an
effect on unconscious mental processes; as, subliminal
advertising.
Note: The existence of such an effect is still not
universally accepted.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
subliminal
adj 1: below the threshold of conscious perception