stimulation

From Latin stimulātiō. Morphologically stimulate +‎ -ion.

stimulation (countable and uncountable, plural stimulations)

A pushing or goading toward action. [from 16th c.]
(biology) Any action or condition that creates a response; sensory input. [from 18th c.]
An activity causing excitement or pleasure; the act of stimulating.

pushing or goading toward action

Bulgarian: стимулиране n (stimulirane)
Catalan: estimulació f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 刺激 (zh) (cìjī)
Dutch: stimulatie (nl) f
Esperanto: stimulado
French: stimulation (fr) f
Galician: estimulación (gl) f
German: Stimulation (de) f, Anregung (de) f
Irish: spreagthacht f
Japanese: 刺激 (ja) (しげき, shigeki)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: stimulering m or f

Nynorsk: stimulering f
Occitan: estimulacion (oc) f
Portuguese: estimulação (pt) f
Romanian: stimulare (ro) f
Russian: стимуля́ция (ru) f (stimuljácija), стимули́рование (ru) n (stimulírovanije)
Spanish: estimulación (es) f

activity causing excitement or pleasure

Catalan: estimulació f
Dutch: stimulatie (nl) f
Esperanto: stimulado
Galician: estimulación (gl) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: stimulering m or f

Nynorsk: stimulering f
Portuguese: estimulação (pt) f
Russian: стимуля́ция (ru) f (stimuljácija), стимули́рование (ru) n (stimulírovanije)
Spanish: estimulación (es) f

biology: action or condition that creates a response

James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Stimulation”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IX, Part 1 (Si–St), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 965.

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