stimulation

English

Etymology

From Latin stimulātiō.

Noun

stimulation (countable and uncountable, plural stimulations)

1. A pushing or goading toward action.
2. An activity causing excitement or pleasure.
3. (biology) Any action or condition that creates a response; sensory input.

Related terms

• stimulate
• stimulator
• stimulatory
• stimulus

Translations

pushing or goading toward action

• 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
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• Japanese: 刺激 (ja) (しげき, shigeki)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stimulering m or f

  Nynorsk: stimulering 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

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• 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
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• Italian: stimolazione
• Portuguese: estímulo (pt) m
• Russian: стимуля́ция (ru) f (stimuljácija), стимули́рование (ru) n (stimulírovanije)
• Spanish: estimulación (es) f

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