What does the word stimulus mean?
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1. A stimulant. 2. Anything which arouses action ( the response) in a muscle, nerve, or gland, or which promotes some trophic change.
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That which stimulates an organ.
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[ Latin] An agent which is able to cause reaction in irritable tissues( e. g., a muscle). Stimuli may be Mechanical( pinching, cutting, bruising, etc.), Thermal( application of heat), Chemical( the application of acids, etc.), or Electrical, consisting of the induced or the galvanic current. Adequate( or Homologous) s., one which acts specifically upon the terminal apparatus of an organ of special sense, and upon no other part; e. g., light, which acts upon the retina to produce sensation, but is not competent to excite sensation when falling upon any other part of the optic tract. Heterologous s., one such as a mechanical or electrical s., which produces a sensation, no matter to what part of the nerve-tract it is applied( e. g., produces a luminous sensation when applied to the cut end of the optic nerve).
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Usage examples for stimulus
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And if so, what a stimulus to labor and grow rich was in the thought. – That Boy Of Norcott's by Charles James Lever
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Unlike Job he makes no start, even with this stimulus, to break through to another life. – Jeremiah by George Adam Smith
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Give them hope of better things instead of fear and they will develop out of poverty, just as the middle class came out under the same stimulus. – In the Heart of a Fool by William Allen White
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