stimulus

See also Stimulus

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin stimulus (“goad, prick”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/

Noun

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

Synonyms

• (anything that may have an impact or influence): influence
• (anything that induces a person to take action): impetus, impulse, spur

Translations

anything that may have an impact or influence on a system

Finnish: vaikute (fi), kannuste (fi), kiihoke (fi), ärsyke (fi); stimulus (fi) (scientific) German: Auslöseimpuls (de) m. Polish: bodziec (pl) m.

Portuguese: estímulo (pt) m. Romanian: stimul (ro) m.

in physiology: something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response

Czech: podnět (cs) m. Finnish: ärsyke, stimulus (scientific) German: Stimulus (de) m. Polish: bodziec (pl) m.

Portuguese: estímulo (pt) m. Romanian: stimul (ro) m. Spanish: estímulo (es) m.

in psychology: anything effectively impinging upon any of the sensory apparatuses of a living organism

Czech: podnět (cs) m. Finnish: ärsyke, stimulus (scientific) German: Stimulus (de) m. Polish: bodziec (pl) m.

Portuguese: estímulo (pt) m. Romanian: stimul (ro) m. Spanish: estímulo (es) m.

anything that induces a person to take action

Czech: podnět (cs) m. Finnish: ärsyke, stimulus (scientific) German: Auslöseimpuls (de) m. Polish: bodziec (pl) m.

Portuguese: estímulo (pt) m. Romanian: stimul (ro) m., motiv (ro) n. Spanish: estímulo (es) m.

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Dutch: stimulans m, stimulus

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Verb

stimulus

1. conditional of stimuli

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Latin

Noun

stimulus (genitive stimulī); m, second declension

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

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	stimulus	stimulī
genitive	stimulī	stimulōrum
dative	stimulō	stimulīs
accusative	stimulum	stimulōs
ablative	stimulō	stimulīs
vocative	stimule	stimulī

Related terms

• stimulātiō
• stimulō

Descendants

• English: stimulus
• French: stimulus
• Italian: stimulina
• Portuguese: estímulo
• Romanian: strămurare
• Spanish: estímulo

References

• stimulus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879