Definitions for Stimulation

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. stimulation(noun)

    the act of arousing an organism to action

  2. stimulation, stimulus, stimulant, input(noun)

    any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action

  3. stimulation(noun)

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

  4. foreplay, arousal, stimulation(noun)

    mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse

Wiktionary

  1. stimulation(Noun)

    A pushing or goading toward action.

  2. stimulation(Noun)

    An activity causing excitement or pleasure.

  3. stimulation(Noun)

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

  4. Origin: From stimulatio.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Stimulation(noun)

    the act of stimulating, or the state of being stimulated

  2. Stimulation(noun)

    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


Translations for Stimulation

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

stimulation(noun)

to rouse or make more alert, active etc

After listening to the violin concerto, he felt stimulated to practise the violin again.

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