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FACILITATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("facilitation" is a kind of...):
aid; assist; assistance; help (the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)
Derivation:
facilitate (make easier)
facilitate (be of use)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("facilitation" is a kind of...):
organic phenomenon ((biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals)
Domain category:
neurophysiology (the branch of neuroscience that studies the physiology of the nervous system)
Derivation:
facilitate (increase the likelihood of (a response))
Sense 3
Meaning:
The condition of being made easy (or easier)
Example:
social facilitation is an adaptive condition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("facilitation" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Derivation:
facilitate (make easier)
