stimulus

Definition:
1. Any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action.

Use 'stimulus' in a sentence:

• 1. Aerotropism A TROPISM in which the orientating stimulus is oxygen.
• 2. Concentration of the samurai in castle-towns had acted as a stimulus to trade.
• 3. Movement by a cell or organism in reaction to a chemical stimulus.
• 4. Each of these methods compares an infant's state prior to the introduction of a stimulus with its state during or immediately following the stimulus.
• 5. And no amount of stimulus will bring it back.
• 6. Poverty is a stimulus to industry.
• 7. Whales being sociable animals probably need the stimulus of sizeable gatherings to induce reproductives behavior.
• 8. The infant may be responding to aspects of the stimulus different than those identified by the investigator.
• 9. If the economy starts to shrink again, Baily says, it would make a strong case for a second stimulus—something the Obama administration hopes will not be necessary.
• 10. Interest rates could fall soon and be a stimulus to the US economy.
• 11. The third, and most potent limitation is that it is not possible to be certain that the infant's response was due to the stimulus presented or to a change from no stimulus to a stimulus.
• 12. If the infant fails to dishabituate and continues to show habituation with the new stimulus, it is assumed that the baby is unable to perceive the new stimulus as different.
• 13. Interest rates could fall soon and be a stimulus to the U.S. economy.
• 14. In the claustrophobia of her parents' house she had no stimulus for creativity.
• 15. So any stimulus then may have had a Keynesian effect.
• 16. Individual governments and international political and economic blocs have held nearly non-stop meetings and consultations to stem the downturn with a variety of bailout and stimulus packages.
• 17. Changes in the electrical pattern of the brain indicate that the stimulus is getting through to the infant's central nervous system and eliciting some form of response.
• 18. Increases in science spending provide an excellent stimulus while the economy needs one.
• 19. A study published last year concluded that fiscal stimulus was effective when tried.
• 20. A new stimulus is also a discussion point in the US.
• 21. When Pavlov put food powder in the dog's mouth, and saliva was generated. That's an unconditioned stimulus giving rise to an unconditioned response.
• 22. They have the stimulus right there on the outside of their bodies in order to do the grooming.
• 23. Typically, ideas expressed may not be well connected or cohesive so that familiarity with the stimulus is necessary in order to follow what is being discussed.
• 24. The president's stimulus package is pumping money into research to compare how well various treatments work.
• 25. Numerical increases are used as quantifiable indicators of heightened interest in the new stimulus.
• 26. He says the massive government stimulus spending could bring inflation.
• 27. The government hopes that lower interest rates will be a stimulus to investment.
• 28. In the US, the case for fiscal stimulus is strong.
• 29. Ideas expressed may not be well connected or cohesive so that familiarity with the stimulus is necessary in order to follow what is being discussed.
• 30. Thus there would be little support for another stimulus package of a similar nature.
• 31. If the economy starts to shrink again, Baily says it would make a strong case for a second stimulus—something the Obama administration hopes will not be necessary.
• 32. Heart and respiration monitors provide the investigator with the number of heartbeats or breaths taken when a new stimulus is presented.
• 33. Exploration of food stimulus method on stomach intestine function recovery after abdomen operation.
• 34. Call these projects "stimulus", and suddenly, a ship headed for the reef of economic disaster might sail through congress flying the flag of economic recovery.
• 35. The second technique relies on evoked potentials, which are electrical brain responses that may be related to a particular stimulus because of where they originate.
• 36. Descartes received his stimulus from the new physics and astronomy of Copernicus, Galileo, and others.
• 37. The stimulus package provided money to convert the inefficient, paper-driven medical system to electronic records that can be easily viewed and transmitted.
• 38. A few years later, a large defense buildup finally provided a fiscal stimulus adequate to the economy's needs—and suddenly industry was eager to employ those "unadoptable and untrained" workers.
• 39. A few years later, a large defense buildup finally provided a fiscal stimulus adequate to the economy's needs — and suddenly industry was eager to employ those "unadaptable and untrained" workers.
• 40. A few years later, a larger defense buildup finally provided a fiscal stimulus adequate to the economy's needs—and suddenly industry was eager to employ those "unadoptable and untrained" workers.
• 41. You can be alert, even though the intensity of the stimulus is quite low.
• 42. For many firms, they are a stimulus to revenue.
• 43. Thanks to its ongoing stimulus spending, which it is not proposing to trim, Germany's underlying budget deficit is forecast to rise this year.
• 44. Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.
• 45. The new tax laws should act as a stimulus to exports.
• 46. The difference between the two measures provides the researcher with an indication of the level and duration of the response to the stimulus.
• 47. Books provide children with ideas and a stimulus for play.
• 48. Either way, the incoming Fed chief will have to walk a fine line in slowly ending the stimulus.