HOW TO PRONOUNCE
stimulus
/ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/
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What does stimulus mean?
noun
- An external phenomenon that has an influence on a system, by triggering or modifying an internal phenomenon; for example, a spur or incentive that drives a person to take action or change behaviour.
- Something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response, or that affects any of the sensory apparatuses.
- A stinging part on the body of a plant or insect.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/
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He had not had his clothes off for thirty hours, and the stimulus of violent excitement was beginning to wear off.
The steady level of good health gave them all that natural stimulus we used to call “animal spirits”--an odd contradiction in terms.
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In fact, it is the intent of the opponent as understood that makes up the stimulus to anger in the human being.
That day was calm and sunny, and the engine needed no more stimulus than it would have received in a "decent" climate.
Suitable appliances introduced into the womb provoke contractions, and labor proceeds step by step as if the stimulus were a normal one.