stimulus
sti·mu·lus
noun
1.
any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
Origin
Borrowed from Latin stimulus (“goad, prick”).
Phrases
- discriminative stimulus
- external stimulus
- noxious stimulus
- poverty of the stimulus
- stimulus check
- stimulus delta
- stimulus-response time
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