Definitions for facilitationfəˌsɪl ɪˈteɪ ʃən

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

fa•cil•i•ta•tionfəˌsɪl ɪˈteɪ ʃən(n.)

  1. the act or process of facilitating.

  2. the lowering of resistance in a neural pathway to an impulse resulting from previous or simultaneous stimulation.

    Category: Physiology

Origin of facilitation:

1610–20

Princeton's WordNet

  1. facilitation(noun)

    the condition of being made easy (or easier)

    "social facilitation is an adaptive condition"

  2. facilitation(noun)

    (neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential

  3. facilitation(noun)

    act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something

Wiktionary

  1. facilitation(Noun)

    The act of facilitating or making easy.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Facilitation(noun)

    the act of facilitating or making easy


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