stimulation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: stimulation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for stimulation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stimulation n the act of arousing an organism to action any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action Synonym(s): stimulation, stimulus, stimulant, input (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.) mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse Synonym(s): foreplay, arousal, stimulation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stimulation \Stim`u*la"tion\, n. [L. stimulatio: cf. F. stimulation.] 1. The act of stimulating, or the state of being stimulated. 2. (Physiol.) The irritating action of various agents (stimuli) on muscles, nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which activity is evoked; especially, the nervous impulse produced by various agents on nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which the part connected with the nerve is thrown into a state of activity; irritation.