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1. The act of arousing an organism to action
    
2. Any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
   - stimulus, stimulant, input
    
3. (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.)
    
4. Mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse
   - foreplay, arousal

Derived forms: stimulations

See also: stimulate

Type of: action, activity, arousal, information, natural action, natural process, rousing, sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice

Encyclopedia: Stimulation