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stimulus
[stim-yuh-luhs]
noun
plural
stimulisomething that incites to action or exertion or quickens action, feeling, thought, etc..
The approval of others is a potent stimulus.
Synonyms: , , ,Antonyms:Physiology, Medicine/Medical.something that excites an organism or part to functional activity.
Synonyms:
stimulus
/ ˈɪʊə /
noun
something that stimulates or acts as an incentive
any drug, agent, electrical impulse, or other factor able to cause a response in an organism
an object or event that is apprehended by the senses
med a former name for stimulant
stimulus
plural
stimuliPhysiologySomething that can elicit or evoke a physiological response in a cell, a tissue, or an organism. A stimulus can be internal or external. Sense organs, such as the ear, and sensory receptors, such as those in the skin, are sensitive to external stimuli such as sound and touch.
Something that has an impact or an effect on an organism so that its behavior is modified in a detectable way.
See more at classical conditioning
stimulus
plur. stimuli (stim-yuh-leye) An action, condition, or person that provokes a response, especially a conditioned response.
Other Word Forms
- interstimulus noun
- poststimulus adjective
- prestimulus noun
- understimulus noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of stimulus1
Word History and Origins
Origin of stimulus1
Example Sentences
Eradicating student debt, or even materially reducing its burden, would produce a significant economic stimulus.
She was tired of carrying the Congress party on her back and saw the presidency as a way to deliver a "shock treatment to her party, thereby giving it a new stimulus".
The idea of sniffing an unknown stimulus for longer has been shown before in cats - weaned kittens sniff unknown female cats for longer compared to their mothers.
"A president can't unilaterally issue stimulus checks, and the ones sent out during his last administration were largely the result of a push from Democrats in the House and Senate," Channel noted.
“If the Chinese government can usher in stimulus measures so big they can offset a lot of these protectionism policies, there is a chance that maybe they could narrowly escape the recession,” Liu said.
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When To Use
In general, a stimulus is something that provokes or causes an action or response, as in Failing that test was the stimulus I needed to start studying harder.The plural of stimulus is stimuli. Its verb form is stimulate, which typically means to spur into action or to invigorate.In the context of science, a stimulus is anything that makes an organism or a part of an organism react in some way. For example, for most plants, sunlight acts as a stimulus that causes (stimulates) them to grow or move toward it.In economics, a stimulus is an injection of money into an economy by a government that’s intended to spur (stimulate) economic growth. This can take many forms, such as giving money directly to citizens via stimulus checks. In this sense, stimulus is usually used in the singular, especially in phrases like economic stimulus, stimulus package, and stimulus plan.Example: Congress has passed an unprecedented stimulus package in response to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the hopes of stimulating the economy at a time when so many people have lost income due to being out of work.
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