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“stimuli”
stimulus (s), stimuli (pl)
1. Any form of energy capable of eliciting a reaction in a sense organ or in any excitable tissue.
2. A signal that alerts an organism or leads to a responsive action: "Heat and light are physical stimuli for a variety of responses."
3. Something that encourages an activity or a process to begin, to increase, or to develop: "The dog responded to the stimulus of the whistle."
4. An agent or factor that provokes interest, enthusiasm, or excitement.
5. Anything that causes something to happen, to progress, or to become more active: "When our company had a pay raise, it was a stimulus for greater production."
2. A signal that alerts an organism or leads to a responsive action: "Heat and light are physical stimuli for a variety of responses."
3. Something that encourages an activity or a process to begin, to increase, or to develop: "The dog responded to the stimulus of the whistle."
4. An agent or factor that provokes interest, enthusiasm, or excitement.
5. Anything that causes something to happen, to progress, or to become more active: "When our company had a pay raise, it was a stimulus for greater production."
(Greek: arrangement, order, put in order, orientation; the movements or directed responses of motile organisms to stimuli, as indicated by the combining roots)