stimulation

English

Etymology

From Latin stimulātiō. Morphologically stimulate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

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Noun

stimulation (countable and uncountable, plural stimulations)

1. A pushing or goading toward action. [from 16th c.]
2. (biology) Any action or condition that creates a response; sensory input. [from 18th c.]
3. An activity causing excitement or pleasure; the act of stimulating.

Derived terms

• co-stimulation
• deep brain stimulation
• digital stimulation
• gravistimulation
• interferential stimulation
• overstimulation
• self-stimulation
• transcranial direct current stimulation

 

Related terms

• stimulate
• stimulator
• stimulatory
• stimulus

Translations

pushing or goading toward action

• Bulgarian: стимулиране n (stimulirane)
• Catalan: estimulació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 刺激 (zh) (cìjī)

• Dutch: stimulatie (nl) f
• Esperanto: stimulado
• French: stimulation (fr) f
• Galician: estimulación (gl) f
• German: Stimulation (de) f, Anregung (de) f
• Irish: spreagthacht f
• Japanese: 刺激 (ja) (しげき, shigeki)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stimulering m or f

  Nynorsk: stimulering f

• Occitan: estimulacion (oc) f
• Portuguese: estimulação (pt) f
• Romanian: stimulare (ro) f
• Russian: стимуля́ция (ru) f (stimuljácija), стимули́рование (ru) n (stimulírovanije)
• Spanish: estimulación (es) f

activity causing excitement or pleasure

• Catalan: estimulació f
• Dutch: stimulatie (nl) f
• Esperanto: stimulado
• Galician: estimulación (gl) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stimulering m or f

  Nynorsk: stimulering f

• Portuguese: estimulação (pt) f
• Russian: стимуля́ция (ru) f (stimuljácija), стимули́рование (ru) n (stimulírovanije)
• Spanish: estimulación (es) f

biology: action or condition that creates a response

• Catalan: estimulació f
• Dutch: stimulatie (nl) f
• Esperanto: stimulado
• French: stimulation (fr)
• Galician: estimulación (gl) f
• Italian: stimolazione
• Portuguese: estímulo (pt) m
• Russian: стимуля́ция (ru) f (stimuljácija), стимули́рование (ru) n (stimulírovanije)
• Spanish: estimulación (es) f

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Stimulation”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes IX, Part 1 (Si–St), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 965.

Anagrams

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, from Latin stimulātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sti.my.la.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

stimulation f (plural stimulations)

1. stimulation

Related terms

• stimuler

Further reading

• “stimulation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.