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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stimulus (“goad, prick”).

borrowed from stimulus

Definitions

1
An external phenomenon that has an influence on a system, by triggering or modifying an…
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.
- an economic stimulus
- From the beginning of the show to the end, vanity is the sole stimulus and reward of action—vanity, that never looks beyond the present.
- Democrats, meanwhile, point out that Republicans seem to have made a conscious decision, beginning with the stimulus, to oppose anything the president put forward, dooming any chance of renewed cooperation between the parties.
2
Something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity…
Something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response, or that affects any of the sensory apparatuses.
- Even light nonpainful stimuli can provoke or exacerbate spontaneous pain; this is not limited to tactile, thermal, or vibratory stimuli, because auditory, visual, olfactory, and visceral stimuli also may be problematic.
3
A stinging part on the body of a plant or insect.
- Many plants, like many animals, are furnished with arms for their protection; these are either aculei, prickles […]; or stimuli, stings, as in the nettles, which are armed with a venomous fluid for the annoyance of naked animals.

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Derived

antistimulus, chemostimulus, contrastimulus, costimulus, counterstimulus, discriminative stimulus, external stimulus, extrastimulus, gravistimulus, hyperstimulus, interstimulus, mechanostimulus, microstimulus, noxious stimulus, peristimulus, photostimulus, Porkulus, poststimulus, poverty of the stimulus, prestimulus, stimulon, stimulus check, stimulus delta, stimulus-response time, superstimulus, tristimulus

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at stimulus. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at stimulus. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at stimulus

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.