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stimulus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin stimulus (“goad, prick”)
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?st?m.j?.l?s/
Noun
stimulus (plural stimuluses or stimuli)
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) Any external phenomenon that has an influence on a system, by triggering or modifying an internal phenomenon.
- an economic stimulus
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (physiology) Something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response.
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (psychology) Anything effectively impinging upon any of the sensory apparatuses of a living organism, including physical phenomena both internal and external to the body.
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) Anything that induces a person to take action.
Synonyms
- (anything that may have an impact or influence): influence
- (anything that induces a person to take action): impetus, impulse, spur
Translations
Esperanto
Verb
stimulus
- conditional of stimuli
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin stimulus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sti.my.lys/
Noun
stimulus m (plural stimulus or stimuli)
- stimulus
Further reading
- “stimulus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (stíz?, “I mark”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?sti.mu.lus/, [?s?t??m????s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?sti.mu.lus/, [?st?i?mulus]
Noun
stimulus m (genitive stimul?); second declension
- a goad, prick
- a sting
- (figuratively) stimulus, incentive
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Related terms
- stimul?ti?
- stimul?
Descendants
References
- stimulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- stimulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- stimulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- stimulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- stimulus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Probably from Latin
Noun
stimulus m (definite singular stimulusen, indefinite plural stimuli, definite plural stimuliene)
- a stimulus
Related terms
- stimulere
References
- “stimulus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Probably from Latin
Noun
stimulus m (definite singular stimulusen, indefinite plural stimuli or stimulusar, definite plural stimuliane or stimulusane)
- a stimulus
References
- “stimulus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
stimulus From the web:
- what stimulus initiates the defecation reflex
- what stimulus check
- what stimulus bill passed
- what stimulus package
- what stimulus package passed today
- what stimulus causes the release of renin
- what stimulus mean
- what stimulus package is next
excitation
English
Etymology
From Old French excitation, from Latin excitatio.Morphologically excite +? -ation
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ksa??te???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
excitation (countable and uncountable, plural excitations)
- The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.
- The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
- (physiology) The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation
- (physics) A transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule to an excited state by the absorption of a quantum of energy; the opposite of relaxation
Derived terms
- excitation energy
- excitation function
Translations
Anagrams
- intoxicate
French
Pronunciation
Noun
excitation f (plural excitations)
- excitement
Further reading
- “excitation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
excitation From the web:
- what excitation means
- what's excitation contraction coupling
- what's excitation spectrum
- what excitation energy
- what excitation signal
- what excitation wave
- what is excitation table
- what is excitation-contraction coupling quizlet
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