stimulation

stim·u·late

 (stĭm′yə-lāt′)

v. stim·u·lat·ed, stim·u·lat·ing, stim·u·lates

v.tr.

1. To rouse to action or increased activity; excite: a policy that stimulated people to protest; incentives to stimulate consumer spending. See Synonyms at provoke.

2. To increase temporarily the activity of (a body organ or system, for example).

3. To cause to be interested or engaged: Animals in zoos need to be stimulated to remain healthy.

4. To cause to desire to have sex; arouse sexually.

5. To excite or invigorate (a person, for example) with a stimulant.

v.intr.

To act or serve as a stimulant or stimulus.

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[Latin stimulāre, stimulāt-, to goad on, from stimulus, goad.]

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stim′u·lat′er, stim′u·la′tor n.

stim′u·lat′ing·ly adv.

stim′u·la′tion n.

stim′u·la′tive, stim′u·la·to′ry (-lə-tôr′ē) adj.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	stimulation - the act of arousing an organism to action arousal, rousing - the act of arousing; "the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions" galvanisation, galvanization - stimulation that arouses a person to lively action; "the unexpected news produced a kind of galvanization of the whole team"
	2.	stimulation - any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action stimulant, stimulus, input information - knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction elicitation, evocation, induction - stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy" kick - the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs); "a sidecar is a smooth drink but it has a powerful kick" turn-on - something causing excitement or stimulating interest negative stimulation, turnoff - something causing antagonism or loss of interest conditioned stimulus - the stimulus that is the occasion for a conditioned response reinforcer, reinforcing stimulus, reinforcement - (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it discriminative stimulus, cue - a stimulus that provides information about what to do positive stimulus - a stimulus with desirable consequences negative stimulus - a stimulus with undesirable consequences
	3.	stimulation - (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.) physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms activation - stimulation of activity in an organism or chemical galvanisation, galvanization - stimulation with a galvanic current natural action, natural process, action, activity - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"
	4.	stimulation - mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse foreplay, arousal sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice - activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat" caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, petting, smooching, snuggling, necking - affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) feel - manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure; "the girls hated it when he tried to sneak a feel"

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stimulation

noun

1. Something that encourages:

encouragement, inspiration, motivation.

2. Something that causes and encourages a given response:

encouragement, fillip, impetus, impulse, incentive, inducement, motivation, prod, push, spur, stimulant, stimulator, stimulus.

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Translations

تَحْفيز، إثارَه

vzpruha

opmuntringstimulering

Anregung

estimulación

stimulation

serkentés

örvun, hvatning

stimolo

oppkvikkingstimulering

刺激作用

stimulation

[ˌstɪmjʊˈleɪʃən] N (= stimulus) → estímulo m; (= act) → estimulación f; (= state) → excitación f

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stimulation

[ˌstɪmjʊˈleɪʃ^ən] n

(mental, intellectual) → stimulation f

(physical, chemical) → stimulation f

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stimulation

n

(act, physical, mental) → Anregung f; (from shower, walk etc) → belebende Wirkung; (Med) → Stimulation f; (sexual) → Stimulieren nt, → Erregen nt; (= state) → Angeregtheit f, → Erregung f; (sexual) → Erregung f; (fig: = incentive) → Anreiz m, → Ansporn m; (intellectual) → Stimulation f

(of economy, sales etc) → Ankurbelung f (→ to +gen); (of criticism) → Anregung f → (of zu); (of response) → Hervorrufen nt

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stimulation

[ˌstɪmjʊˈleɪʃ/ən] n → stimolazione f

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stimulate

(ˈstimjuleit) verb

to rouse or make more alert, active etc. After listening to the violin concerto, he felt stimulated to practise the violin again. stimuleer يُثير، يُحَفِّز стимулирам estimular povzbudit anregen stimulere; opmuntre διεγείρω, ερεθίζω, κεντρίζωestimular ergutama تحريك كردن stimuloida stimuler לְהַמרִיץ प्रेरित करना, प्रोत्साहित करना, उत्तेजित करना poticati, stimulirati serkent merangsang hvetja, örva stimolare 刺激する 자극하다, 격려하다 paskatinti, stimuliuoti stimulēt; just stimulu rangsang stimulerenstimulere, kvikke opp, inspirerepobudzać estimular a stimula возбуждать povzbudiť spodbuditi stimulisati stimulera กระตุ้น uyarmak; heves uyandırmak 激發 збуджувати, заохочувати تحریک دینا یا اکسانا khuấy động, khuyến khích 激发

ˌstimuˈlation noun

stimulasie تَحْفيز، إثارَه стимулиране estimulação vzpruha die Anregung stimulering; opmuntring διέγερση, ώθηση, κίνητροestimulación ergutus تحريك stimulaatio stimulation הַמרָצָה प्रेरणा, उत्तेजना, प्रोत्साहन poticanje, stimulacija serkentés, ösztönzés rangsangan örvun, hvatning stimolazione 刺激 자극, 격려 paskatinimas, stimuliavimas stimulācija; veicināšana rangsangan stimuleringstimulering, oppkvikkingbodziec, pobudzenie estimulação stimulare возбуждение povzbudenie spodbuda stimulacija stimulering, stimulation การกระตุ้น uyarım; özendirme 刺激(作用) збудження; стимулювання تحریک sự khuấy động, khuyến khích 刺激（作用）

ˈstimulating adjective

rousing; very interesting. a stimulating discussion. stimulerend مُثير، مُحَفِّز، مُمْتِع стимулиращ estimulante podnětný anregend stimulerende; inspirerende συναρπαστικόςestimulante virgutav, põnev پرهيجان stimuloiva stimulant מַמרִיץ प्रेरक poticajan, stimulativan serkentő menarik örvandi; áhugaverður stimolante 刺激となる 자극적인, 격려가 되는, 흥미로운 labai įdomus, įkvepiantis stimulējošs; aktivizējošs; interesants menarik stimulerendstimulerende, oppkvikkende pobudzający estimulante stimulant возбуждающий; интересный podnetný vznemirljiv stimulantan stimulerande ที่น่าตื่นเต้น; น่าสนใจ uyarım özendirme 使興奮的，非常有趣的 стимулюючий ابھارنے والا khuấy động, khuyến khích 使兴奋的，非常有趣的

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stim·u·la·tion

a. estimulación; motivación.

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stimulation

n estimulación f; digital — estimulación digital; transcutaneous electrical nerve — (TENS) estimulación nerviosa eléctrica transcutánea (ENET)

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