stimulation

From Latin stimulātiō. Morphologically stimulate +‎ -ion

• (UK) IPA^(key): /stɪm.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈstɪm.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /stɪm.jʉːˈlæɪ.ʃən/

stimulation (countable and uncountable, plural stimulations)

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

• stimulate
• stimulator
• stimulatory
• stimulus

• 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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Inherited from Middle French, from Latin stimulātiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /sti.my.la.sjɔ̃/

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stimulation f (plural stimulations)

1. stimulation

• stimuler

• “stimulation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.