stimulus
Etymology
This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.002
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin stimulus.
Pronunciation- (America) IPA: /ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/
stimulus
- 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.
- an economic stimulus
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC ↗, page 174 ↗:
- From the beginning of the show to the end, vanity is the sole stimulus and reward of action—vanity, that never looks beyond the present.
- (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 stinging part on the body of a plant or insect.
This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.002
