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Definition of Stimulation
1. Noun. The act of arousing an organism to action.
Specialized synonyms: Galvanisation, Galvanization
Derivative terms: Stimulate
2. Noun. Any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action.
Generic synonyms: Information
Specialized synonyms: Elicitation, Evocation, Induction, Kick, Turn-on, Negative Stimulation, Turnoff, Conditioned Stimulus, Reinforcement, Reinforcer, Reinforcing Stimulus, Cue, Discriminative Stimulus, Positive Stimulus, Negative Stimulus
Derivative terms: Stimulate, Stimulate, Stimulate, Stimulate, Stimulate, Stimulate
3. Noun. (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.).
Specialized synonyms: Activation, Galvanisation, Galvanization
Generic synonyms: Action, Activity, Natural Action, Natural Process
4. Noun. Mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse.
Generic synonyms: Sex, Sex Activity, Sexual Activity, Sexual Practice
Specialized synonyms: Caressing, Cuddling, Fondling, Hugging, Kissing, Necking, Petting, Smooching, Snuggling, Feel
Definition of Stimulation
1. n. The act of stimulating, or the state of being stimulated.
Definition of Stimulation
1. Noun. A pushing or goading toward action. ¹
2. Noun. An activity causing excitement or pleasure. ¹
3. Noun. (biology) Any action or condition that creates a response; sensory input. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stimulation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stimulation
Literary usage of Stimulation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outlines of Psychology by Wilhelm Max Wundt, Charles Hubbard Judd (1902)
"simply interpreted on the assumption that every color stimulation is made up of
two physiological components, one corresponding to the chromatic, ..."
2. A Text book of physiology by Michael Foster (1894)
"When the surface of the brain is laid bare by removal of the skull and dura mater,
mechanical stimulation of the cortex produces little or no effect, ..."
3. Diet in Health and Disease by Julius Friedenwald, John Ruhräh (1907)
"MECHANICAL OR CHEMICAL Stimulation. In the first place it must be recognised that
such stimulation has the effect of breaking down physical regulation ..."
4. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"In this case he found that the stimulation was more manifest in the ... Le Renard
found that the greatest stimulation with mold fungi occurred in the ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"Successive stimulation of the vagus and splanchnic nerves with the same strength
of current shows some differences according to the order in which the two ..."
6. Principles of Physiological Psychology by Wilhelm Max Wundt (1904)
"The whole course of the stimulation is then dependent upon ... We may work with
stimulation-processes of so little intensity that they are unable of ..."
7. A Textbook of pharmacology and therapeutics, or, the Action of drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1918)
"Another condition induced by drugs is irritation, for although this term is often
applied loosely as a synonym for stimulation, the two conditions are not ..."
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