"facilitation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fəˌsɪlɪˈteɪʃən/, /fəˌsɪləˈteɪʃən/ Forms: facilitations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From facilitate + -ion. Compare Latin facilitātiō. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|facilitate|ion}} facilitate + -ion, {{cog|la|facilitātiō}} Latin facilitātiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} facilitation (countable and uncountable, plural facilitations)
  1. The act of facilitating or making easy. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of facilitating): улесняване (ulesnjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), благоприятстване (blagoprijatstvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), helpottaminen (Finnish), auttaminen (Finnish), fasilitointi (Finnish), facilitation [feminine] (French), Erleichtern [neuter] (German), Erleichterung [feminine] (German), ușurare [feminine] (Romanian), facilitare [feminine] (Romanian), promovare [feminine] (Romanian), încurajare [feminine] (Romanian), соде́йствие (sodéjstvije) (Russian), облегче́ние (oblexčénije) (Russian), facilitación (Spanish), underlätta (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-facilitation-en-noun-HaO1jHg6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ion, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 53 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of 'act of facilitating': 94 6
  2. (physiology) The process of synapses becoming more capable of transmitting the same type of signal each time certain types of sensory signals pass through sequences of these synapses. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physiology Translations (physiological phenomenon): Bahnung (German)
    Sense id: en-facilitation-en-noun-IwNT3ydx Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ion Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 53 47 Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences Disambiguation of 'physiological phenomenon': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cofacilitation, disfacilitation, hyperfacilitation, photofacilitation

Inflected forms

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    },
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