English Dictionary

stimulus

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/

名詞

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.

日本語の意味

外部からの刺激や誘因として、システムや個人の行動、内的現象に影響を及ぼす要因 / 何かの行動や変化を促進する、外部の促進因子やインセンティブ / 特定の行動を引き起こすための外的な刺激や動機づけとなるもの

A sudden acoustic stimulus can cause the nervous system to alter its firing patterns.

突然の音による刺激は神経系の発火パターンを変化させることがある。

意味（1）

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

意味（2）

(physiology, psychology, medicine) 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.

意味（3）

(botany, entomology) A sting 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.

stimuluses （ plural ）

stimuli （ plural ）