stimulus englanniksi - Sanakirja.org (englanti-englanti)

Anything that may have an impact or influence on a system.
(physiology) Something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response.
(psychology) Anything effectively impinging upon any of the sensory apparatuses of a living organism, including physical phenomena both internal and external to the body.
Anything that induces a person to take action.

an economic stimulus
Democrats, meanwhile, point out that Republicans seem to have made a conscious decision, beginning with the stimulus, to oppose anything the president put forward, dooming any chance of renewed cooperation between the parties.

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