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- Dictionarystimulus/ˈstɪmjʊləs/
noun
- 1. a thing or event that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue: "areas of the brain which respond to auditory stimuli"
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STIMULUS definition: 1. something that causes growth or activity: 2. something that causes part of the body to react…. Learn more.
Something 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.
The meaning of STIMULUS is something that rouses or incites to activity. How to use stimulus in a sentence.
A stimulus causes an action or response, like the ringing of your alarm clock if you didn't sleep through it. Stimulus is a word often used in biology — something that causes a reaction in an organ or cell, for example.
A stimulus is something that encourages activity in people or things. Interest rates could fall soon and be a stimulus to the U.S. economy. We adapt ourselves to our environment and to external stimuli.
STIMULUS meaning: 1. something that causes growth or activity: 2. something that causes part of the body to react…. Learn more.
Definition of stimulus noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun [ C, U ] uk / ˈstɪmjələs / us plural stimuli / ˈstɪmjəlaɪ /. Add to word list. something that makes something else happen, grow, or develop more: The report provided the stimulus for more studies. (Definition of stimulus from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
1. Something causing or regarded as causing a response. 2. An agent, action, or condition that elicits or accelerates a physiological or psychological activity or response. 3. a. Something that incites or rouses to action; an incentive: "Works which were in themselves poor have often proved a stimulus to the imagination" (W.H. Auden). b.
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