Stimulus
Energy that produces a response in a sense organ, known as stimulus.
Webster Dictionary Meaning
1. Stimulus
- A goad; hence, something that rouses the mind or
spirits; an incentive; as, the hope of gain is a powerful stimulus to
labor and action.- That which excites or produces a temporary increase of vital action, either in the whole organism or in any of its parts; especially (Physiol.), any substance or agent capable of evoking the activity of a nerve or irritable muscle, or capable of producing an impression upon a sensory organ or more particularly upon its specific end organ.
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