see|Stimulus
English
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Etymology
From L. term|stimulus||goad, prick|lang=la

Noun
en-noun|stimuli

1. Anything that may have an impact or influence on a system

#:an economic stimulus

1. physiology Something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response.
2. psychology Anything effectively impinge|impinging upon any of the sensory apparatuses of a living organism, including physical phenomena both internal and external to the body.
3. Anything that induces a person to take action

Synonyms
sense|anything that may have an impact or influence influence
sense|anything that induces a person to take action impetus, impulse, spur

Translations
trans-top|anything that may have an impact or influence on a system
Finnish: ärsyke, stimulus#Finnish|stimulus (scientific)
German: Auslöseimpuls m
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Portuguese: estímulo m
Romanian: stimul m
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trans-top|in physiology: something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response
Czech: podn�t m
Finnish: ärsyke, stimulus#Finnish|stimulus (scientific)
German: Stimulus m
trans-mid
Portuguese: estímulo m
Romanian: stimul m
Spanish: estímulo m
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trans-top|in psychology: anything effectively impinging upon any of the sensory apparatuses of a living organism
Czech: podn�t m
Finnish: ärsyke, stimulus#Finnish|stimulus (scientific)
German: Stimulus m
trans-mid
Portuguese: estímulo m
Romanian: stimul m
Spanish: estímulo m
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trans-top|anything that induces a person to take action
Czech: podn�t m
Finnish: ärsyke, stimulus#Finnish|stimulus (scientific)
German: Auslöseimpuls m
Portuguese: estímulo m
trans-mid
Romanian: stimul m, motiv n
Spanish: estímulo m
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ttbc|Dutch: stimulans m, stimulus#Dutch|stimulus
ttbc|Polish: Bodziec
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Category:English nouns with irregular plurals

Latin

Noun
la-noun|stimulus|stimuli|stimulī|m|second

1. A goad, prick
2. A sting
3. figurative #Englih|stimulus, incentive

Related terms
stimulatio|stimul�ti�
stimulo#Latin|stimul�

Descendants
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