stimuli
n. countablen. things that cause a reaction or a change in a person, animal, or plant. You might feel a physical reaction to light or sound, or a mental reaction to a new idea.
n. plural form of 'stimulus'; refers to events or substances that evoke a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue. Often describes external factors that trigger psychological or physiological responses.
Bright lights are strong stimuli for the eyes.
Newborn babies respond to various environmental stimuli, such as the sound of a voice or the touch of a hand.
The experiment measured how the subjects' neural pathways adapted to repeated visual stimuli over a period of several weeks, revealing significant plasticity in the primary visual cortex.
The plural form of 'stimulus'. In scientific contexts, it is treated as a plural noun and takes a plural verb.
The stimuli was very loud.The stimuli were very loud.Stimuli is the plural form of stimulus; it requires a plural verb.