facilitation

facilitation

making easy or less difficult; assisting the progress of: The facilitation of your move will be made by the students.

Not to be confused with:

felicitation – congratulation; an expression of good wishes: Felicitations on your graduation.

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fa·cil·i·ta·tion

 (fə-sĭl′ĭ-tā′shən)

n.

1. The act or action of facilitating: the facilitation of effective learning.

2. Physiology

a. The lowering of the threshold for propagation of an action potential of a neuron.

b. The enhancement of a neuron to a stimulus, as a result of prior repeated stimulation.

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facilitation

(fəˌsɪlɪˈteɪʃən)

n

1. the act or process of facilitating

2. (Physiology) physiol the increased ease of transmission of impulses in a nerve fibre, caused by prior excitation

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fa•cil•i•ta•tion

(fəˌsɪl 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.

[1610–20]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	facilitation - the condition of being made easy (or easier); "social facilitation is an adaptive condition" condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
	2.	facilitation - (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 neurophysiology - the branch of neuroscience that studies the physiology of the nervous system organic phenomenon - (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals
	3.	facilitation - act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something assist, assistance, help, aid - the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading"

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Translations

facilitation

facilitazione