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- Dictionarystimulus/ˈstɪmjʊləs/
noun
- 1. a thing or event that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue: "areas of the brain which respond to auditory stimuli"
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Stimulus is an event or any change in the external environment that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue. stimulus can be internal or external.
STIMULUS definition: 1. something that causes growth or activity: 2. something that causes part of the body to react…. Learn more.
The meaning of STIMULUS is something that rouses or incites to activity. How to use stimulus in a sentence.
1. Something causing or regarded as causing a response. 2. An agent, action, or condition that elicits or accelerates a physiological or psychological activity or response. 3. a. Something that incites or rouses to action; an incentive: "Works which were in themselves poor have often proved a stimulus to the imagination"(W.H. Auden). b.
A stimulus causes an action or response, like the ringing of your alarm clock if you didn't sleep through it. Stimulus is a word often used in biology — something that causes a reaction in an organ or cell, for example.
Definition of stimulus noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
something that encourages growth or causes activity: a stimulus to sth We would support a further cut in interest rates as a stimulus to economic growth.
