"stimulus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stimulus.wav [Southern-England] Forms: stimuluses [plural], stimuli [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin stimulus (“goad, prick”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|stimulus||goad, prick}} Latin stimulus (“goad, prick”) Head templates: {{en-noun|+|stimuli}} stimulus (plural stimuluses or stimuli)
  1. 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. Categories (topical): Systems theory Synonyms (anything that may have an impact or influence): influence, impetus, impulse, spur Translations (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system): nxitje (Albanian), ազդակ (azdak) (Armenian), подбуда (podbuda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), подтик (podtik) (Bulgarian), estímul [masculine] (Catalan), 刺激物 (cìjīwù) (Chinese Mandarin), stimulans [common-gender] (Danish), vaikute (Finnish), kannuste (Finnish), kiihoke (Finnish), ärsyke (Finnish), heräte (Finnish), stimulus [scientific, sciences] (Finnish), stimulus [masculine] (French), estímulo [masculine] (Galician), Auslöseimpuls [masculine] (German), stimolo (Italian), 刺激 (shigeki) (alt: しげき) (Japanese), stimulus [masculine] (Latin), مُحَرِّک (Persian), bodziec [masculine] (Polish), estímulo [masculine] (Portuguese), stimul [masculine] (Romanian), сти́мул (stímul) [masculine] (Russian), побуди́тель (pobudítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), стимуля́тор (stimuljátor) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-stimulus-en-noun-Lsq5oRal Disambiguation of Systems theory: 60 22 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 23 18 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 71 15 14 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 57 22 21 Disambiguation of 'anything that may have an impact or influence': 61 31 8 Disambiguation of 'anything that may have an impact or influence on a system': 73 17 10
  2. (physiology, psychology, medicine) Something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response, or that affects any of the sensory apparatuses. Categories (topical): Medicine, Physiology, Psychology Translations (something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response): ազդակ (azdak) (Armenian), стимул (stimul) [masculine] (Bulgarian), estímul [masculine] (Catalan), podnět [masculine] (Czech), stimulans [common-gender] (Danish), ärsyke (Finnish), stimulus [scientific, sciences] (Finnish), Stimulus [masculine] (German), inger (Hungarian), bodziec [masculine] (Polish), estímulo [masculine] (Portuguese), stimul [masculine] (Romanian), сти́мул (stímul) [masculine] (Russian), estímulo [masculine] (Spanish), ganyak (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-stimulus-en-noun--88F5coM Topics: human-sciences, medicine, physiology, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of 'something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response': 19 78 3
  3. (botany, entomology) A sting on the body of a plant or insect. Categories (topical): Botany, Entomology
    Sense id: en-stimulus-en-noun-UWLBpgTD Topics: biology, botany, entomology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: discriminative stimulus, external stimulus, poverty of the stimulus, stimulus check, stimulus delta

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2002, Kim Burchiel, Surgical Management of Pain, Thieme, page 44",
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          "text": "an economic stimulus"
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          "ref": "2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times",
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          "ref": "2002, Kim Burchiel, Surgical Management of Pain, Thieme, page 44",
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          "ref": "1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 15",
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      "ipa": "/ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/",
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      ]
    },
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      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence",
      "word": "influence"
    },
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      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence",
      "word": "impetus"
    },
    {
      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence",
      "word": "impulse"
    },
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      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence",
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    }
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence on a system",
      "word": "nxitje"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "azdak",
      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence on a system",
      "word": "ազդակ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podbuda",
      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence on a system",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "подбуда"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podtik",
      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence on a system",
      "word": "подтик"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence on a system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estímul"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cìjīwù",
      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence on a system",
      "word": "刺激物"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence on a system",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "stimulans"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence on a system",
      "word": "vaikute"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence on a system",
      "word": "kannuste"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence on a system",
      "word": "kiihoke"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence on a system",
      "word": "ärsyke"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence on a system",
      "word": "heräte"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence on a system",
      "topics": [
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        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "stimulus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence on a system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stimulus"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence on a system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estímulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence on a system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Auslöseimpuls"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence on a system",
      "word": "stimolo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しげき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shigeki",
      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence on a system",
      "word": "刺激"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence on a system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stimulus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence on a system",
      "word": "مُحَرِّک"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence on a system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bodziec"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence on a system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estímulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence on a system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stimul"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stímul",
      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence on a system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сти́мул"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pobudítelʹ",
      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence on a system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "побуди́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stimuljátor",
      "sense": "anything that may have an impact or influence on a system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "стимуля́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "azdak",
      "sense": "something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response",
      "word": "ազդակ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "stimul",
      "sense": "something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "стимул"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estímul"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "podnět"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "stimulans"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response",
      "word": "ärsyke"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response",
      "topics": [
        "scientific",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "stimulus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stimulus"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response",
      "word": "inger"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bodziec"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estímulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stimul"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stímul",
      "sense": "something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сти́мул"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estímulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response",
      "word": "ganyak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stimulus"
}

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