stimulus

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin stimulus (“‘goad, prick’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA: /ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/

[edit] Noun

Singular
stimulus

Plural
stimuli

stimulus (plural stimuli)

  1. Anything that may have an impact or influence on a system
    an economic stimulus
  2. (physiology) Something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response.
  3. (psychology) Anything effectively impinging upon any of the sensory apparatuses of a living organism, including physical phenomena both internal and external to the body.
  4. Anything that induces a person to take action

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anything that may have an impact or influence on a system
in physiology: something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response
in psychology: anything effectively impinging upon any of the sensory apparatuses of a living organism
anything that induces a person to take action
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[edit] Latin

[edit] Noun

stimulus (genitive stimulī); m, second declension

  1. A goad, prick
  2. A sting
  3. (figuratively) stimulus, incentive

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