Stimulus - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈstɪmjələs|  American pronunciation of the word stimulus
Brit.  |ˈstɪmjʊləs|  British pronunciation of the word stimulus

noun

- any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action (syn: input, stimulant, stimulation)

Extra examples

The pay raise was a stimulus for production.

Heat and light are physical stimuli.

The dog responded to the stimulus of the ringing bell.

...a quiet room for people seeking relief from the overload of aural stimulus just outside...

This medicine acts as a stimulus.

The stimulus facilitates a delayed impulse

Hubel and Wiesel have found cells that respond differentially according to the direction in which a stimulus is moved across the retina

Word forms

noun
singular: stimulus
plural: stimuli
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