Definitions for stimulation
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. stimulationnoun

   the act of arousing an organism to action

2. stimulation, stimulus, stimulant, inputnoun

   any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action

3. stimulationnoun

   (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.)

4. foreplay, arousal, stimulationnoun

   mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stimulationnoun

   A pushing or goading toward action.

2. stimulationnoun

   An activity causing excitement or pleasure.

3. stimulationnoun

   Any action or condition that creates a response; sensory input.

4. Etymology: From stimulatio.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Stimulationnoun

   Excitement; pungency.

   Etymology: stimulatio, Latin.

   Some persons, from the secret stimulations of vanity or envy, despise a valuable book, and throw contempt upon it by wholesale. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind.

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1. Stimulation

   Stimulation is the debut single from Australian pop group Wa Wa Nee. The song was released in April 1986 as the lead single from their self-titled debut studio album. The song peaked at number 2 on the Australian singles chart. The group performed the song live on Countdown on 20 July 1986. In 2015, the song was listed at number 25 in In the Mix's '100 Greatest Australian Dance Tracks of All Time' with Nick Jarvis said "its dad-dance-inducing extended mix, a seven-minute slap-bass odyssey that rivals Prince's finest work for generating dancefloor fire".

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1. stimulation

   Stimulation refers to the act of encouraging, provoking, or causing some sort of activity or response, typically in a physiological or psychological sense. This can involve using some form of stimuli such as light, sound, heat, or chemical substance to induce a response from a nervous system or cell in an organism. It can also refer to the act of arousing interest, enthusiasm, or excitement in something.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. Stimulationnoun

   the act of stimulating, or the state of being stimulated

2. Stimulationnoun

   the irritating action of various agents (stimuli) on muscles, nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which activity is evoked; especially, the nervous impulse produced by various agents on nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which the part connected with the nerve is thrown into a state of activity; irritation

3. Etymology: [L. stimulatio: cf. F. stimulation.]

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1. Stimulation

   Stimulation is the action of various agents on nerves, muscles, or a sensory end organ, by which activity is evoked; especially, the nervous impulse produced by various agents on nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which the part connected with the nerve is thrown into a state of activity. The word is also often used metaphorically. For example, an interesting or fun activity can be described as "stimulating", regardless of its physical effects on nerves. Stimulate means act as stimulus to, stimulus means things that rouses to activity, now rouses means exciting, stirring.

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1. • Arousal
   • Natural Process
   • Physiology
   • Sexual Activity

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of stimulation in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of stimulation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of stimulation in a Sentence

1. John Hutton:

   Children are born with more neurons than they'll ever have in their life, essentially a blank slate, depending on what type of stimulation the child has with caregivers -- being talked to, being held, going outside, being read to -- connections between these neurons are reinforced.

2. Elaine Taylor-Klaus:

   Promoting fidgeting is a common method for managing attention regulation, for some people (with ADHD), there's a need for constant stimulation.

3. Andrea Scholer, author and philosopher:

   It is difficult for intellect, technology, and peace to coexist. Not because peace is static where the other two require constant stimulation. Peace can embrace change. It is because we live in a world where intellect and technology compete for power. And peace does not allow for inequality or competition.

4. Reggie Edgerton:

   There are some conditions [for which] we expect starting out with transcutaneous stimulation may facilitate enough recovery to be on their own with continued rehabilitation.

5. Kevin Cramer:

   Maybe some tax cuts or tax deferral would be in order, but I'm not sure the market's looking for stimulation into the economy. The market is looking for the coronavirus to be solved.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=stimulation
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Stimulation
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=stimulation
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stimulation
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stimulation
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=stimulation