stimulus

IPA: stˈɪmjʌɫʌs

noun

  • An external phenomenon that has an influence on a system, by triggering or modifying an internal phenomenon; for example, a spur or incentive that drives a person to take action or change behaviour.
  • (physiology, psychology, medicine) Something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response, or that affects any of the sensory apparatuses.
  • (botany, entomology) A sting on the body of a plant or insect.
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Examples of "stimulus" in Sentences

  • Is discussion of the stimulus notable
  • They laud swift approval of stimulus plan.
  • The poverty of stimulus is vastly overrated.
  • The onset of the business worked as a stimulus.
  • This was also a stimulus for the diversification of agriculture.
  • In this way it conveys information about the duration of the stimulus.
  • Eventually the subject becomes habituated to the stimulus and ignores it.
  • In the absence of a suitable stimulus, they are pliant and easily flexed.
  • Rather, it describes the type of stimulus that is the target of imitation.
  • In classical the unconditioned stimulus is out of the control of the animal.

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