stimulus
something that incites to action or exertion or quickens action, feeling, thought, etc.: The approval of others is a potent stimulus.
Physiology, Medicine/Medical. something that excites an organism or part to functional activity.
Origin of stimulus
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Other words from stimulus
- in·ter·stim·u·lus, noun, plural in·ter·stim·u·li.
- post·stim·u·lus, adjective
- pre·stim·u·lus, noun, plural pre·stim·u·li.
- un·der·stim·u·lus, noun, plural un·der·stim·u·li.
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How to use stimulus in a sentence
Congress has stalled on compromising on another stimulus bill to help boost states, the unemployed, and small businesses, and a less expensive proposal by Republicans failed to pass a vote in the Senate on Thursday.
Goldman Sachs just issued a very bullish projection for Q3 GDP | Anne Sraders | September 10, 2020 | FortuneThe scaled back stimulus package does not include funding for a second round of $1,200 stimulus checks—a proposal that for months Republican and Democratic leaders supported.
‘Skinny stimulus’: Senate to vote on $500 billion package. What it does and doesn’t include | Lance Lambert | September 9, 2020 | FortuneIn Hangzhou, China, municipal authorities are working with Alibaba, headquartered there, to launch a digital-coupon stimulus program via the Alipay platform.
The second round of stimulus checks would cost around $290 billion—the price tag of the first round of stimulus checks.
Congress likely to ax second round of stimulus checks, according to Goldman Sachs forecast | Lance Lambert | September 8, 2020 | FortuneWith drills, you get the neuromuscular stimulus when the body is tired.
Everything You Need to Know About Period Tracking | Christine Yu | September 6, 2020 | Outside Online
Supporters of the president argue these trends are inevitable and the stimulus made a terrible situation better.
First, they let the stimulus boost expire, which that meant an average family of three receiving benefits lost $29 per month.
It is “yo,” the absence of reason, the sound of a simply occupying and desperate stimulus.
The stimulus, with its emphasis on public sector jobs, did little for Main Street.
Dawn of the Age of Oligarchy: the Alliance between Government and the 1% | Joel Kotkin | June 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd still—an auto-bailout, a health care bill, a stimulus, the regular lifting of the debt ceiling, defense and budget deals.
‘Breaking Bad’ in the White House: Bryan Cranston as LBJ in 'All the Way' | David Freedlander | March 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the same way the technical form and mechanism of production were presumed to respond to an automatic stimulus.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockIn a strict sense, of course, no child's drawing is absolutely spontaneous and independent of external stimulus and guidance.
Children's Ways | James SullySome other stimulus to our Territorial recruiting than the fear of invasion will have to be invented in future.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonBritish pasture farming was to be annihilated, and an immense stimulus given to that of our continental rivals.
What an agitation, and at the same time what an unhealthy stimulus to his over-sensibility!
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste Tchaikovsky
British Dictionary definitions for stimulus
/ (ˈstɪmjʊləs) /
something that stimulates or acts as an incentive
any drug, agent, electrical impulse, or other factor able to cause a response in an organism
an object or event that is apprehended by the senses
med a former name for stimulant
Origin of stimulus
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for stimulus
[ stĭm′yə-ləs ]
Physiology Something that can elicit or evoke a physiological response in a cell, a tissue, or an organism. A stimulus can be internal or external. Sense organs, such as the ear, and sensory receptors, such as those in the skin, are sensitive to external stimuli such as sound and touch.
Something that has an impact or an effect on an organism so that its behavior is modified in a detectable way. See more at classical conditioning.
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Cultural definitions for stimulus
plur. stimuli (stim-yuh-leye)
An action, condition, or person that provokes a response, especially a conditioned response.
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