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English

Etymology

From stimulatio

Noun

  1. A pushing or goading toward action.
  2. An activity causing excitement or pleasure.
  3. : Any action or condition that creates a response; sensory input.


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stimulation \Stim`u*la"tion\, n. [L. stimulatio: cf. F.
stimulation.]
1. The act of stimulating, or the state of being stimulated.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Physiol.) The irritating action of various agents
(stimuli) on muscles, nerves, or a sensory end organ, by
which activity is evoked; especially, the nervous impulse
produced by various agents on nerves, or a sensory end
organ, by which the part connected with the nerve is
thrown into a state of activity; irritation.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet stimulation
n 1: the act of arousing an organism to action
2: any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
[syn: stimulus, stimulant, input]
3: (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs
etc.)
4: mutual sexual stimulation prior to sexual intercourse [syn:
foreplay, arousal]
Moby Dictionary
a high , actuation , aggravation , agitation , alpha decay , animation ,
arousal , arousing , atom-chipping , atom-smashing ,
atomic disintegration , atomic reaction , atomization , bait ,
beta decay , bombardment , bracer , bracing , breeding , bribe , bullet ,
carrot , chain reaction , cleavage , cordial , direction ,
disintegration series , dissociation , electrification , emotion ,
encouragement , energizing , enlivenment , exacerbation , exasperation ,
exchange reaction , excitation , excitedness , excitement ,
exhilaration , fillip , firing , fission , fission reaction ,
fomentation , galvanization , gamma decay , incentive , incitation ,
incitement , inducement , inflammation , influence , infuriation ,
inner-direction , instigation , interest , invigoration , invitation ,
ionization , irritation , lathering up , lure , manic state ,
motivation , moving , neutron reaction , nonreversible reaction ,
nuclear fission , nucleization , other-direction , payment , pep rally ,
pep talk , percentage , persuasive , perturbation ,
photodisintegration , pick-me-up , profit , prompting , proton gun ,
proton reaction , provocation , quickening , rabble-rousing ,
reanimation , recreation , refection , refreshing , refreshment ,
regale , regalement , reinvigoration , renewal , reversible reaction ,
revitalization , revival , revivescence , revivescency ,
revivification , reward , splitting the atom , steaming up ,
stimulative , stimulus , stirring , stirring up , stirring-up ,
sweetener , sweetening , target , thermonuclear reaction , tonic ,
vitalization , vivification , whet , whipping up , working up


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