n. | 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. |
Noun | 1. | stimulation - the act of arousing an organism to action |
2. | stimulation - any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action | |
3. | stimulation - (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.) | |
4. | stimulation - mutual sexual stimulation prior to sexual intercourse |