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stimulus 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Noun
/ˈstimyələs/,
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stimuli, plural;
  1. A thing or event that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue
    • - areas of the brain which respond to auditory stimuli
  2. A thing that rouses activity or energy in someone or something; a spur or incentive
    • - if the tax were abolished, it would act as a stimulus to exports
  3. An interesting and exciting quality
    • - she loved the stimulus of the job

  1. stimulation: any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
  2. In economics, fiscal policy is the use of government expenditure and revenue collection to influence the economy.
  3. In physiology, a stimulus (pl. stimuli) is a detectable change in the internal or external environment. The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli is called sensitivity. ...
  4. In psychology, a stimulus is part of the stimulus-response relationship of behavioral learning theory. There are Descriminative Stimuli (SD) and S-Delta stimuli in relation to psychology.
  5. Anything that may have an impact or influence on a system; Something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response; Anything effectively impinging upon any of the sensory apparatuses of a living organism, including physical phenomena both internal ...
  6. (Stimuli) actions that stimulate the sense
  7. (Stimuli) For the familiar faces, pictures of each participant’s close relatives (e.g., spouse, children) were taken with a digital camera. All the relatives were photographed from 5 different angles (left side; 45u left, frontal, 45u right, right side). ...
  8. (Stimuli) Those things that arouse sensations; energy fluctuations.
  9. (Stimuli) materials used to demonstrate or teach skills.
  10. A physical or chemical change in the environment that leads to a response controlled by the nervous system.
  11. Any object or action that penetrates awareness or excites an animal to respond.
  12. A stimulus is something that creates a response in a muscle, nerve, gland or other excitable tissue or organ of the body. The plural is stimuli.
  13. Stimulus is network traffic that initiates a connection or solicits a response.
  14. The passing of information from one instance to another, such as raising a signal or invoking an operation. The receipt of a signal is normally considered an event. See message.
  15. Stimulus is the input into a system. Input is the communication the system has received, at a given time, from its environment.
  16. A stimulus is an event that can produce a response in an individual.
  17. Anything that may affect the environment and thereby affect an individual's behavior.
  18. Any information coming into the body that is capable of generating a nerve impulse.
  19. anything in the environment that causes a living thing to react
  20. A passage or graphic display about which questions are asked.
  21. a sound presented in order to get a response
  22. Any thing or event that is capable of influencing behavior.
  23. An input signal, which may be an input voltage, digital bit pattern, etc that is used to excite a UUT, and stimulate a response which is measured or detected at the output.
  24. An environmental event capable of being detected by sensory receptors.
  25. an agent, act, or influence which produces a reaction in a part of the body.