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noun
The act of facilitating or making easy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The process of synapses becoming more capable of transmitting the same type of signal each time certain types of sensory signals pass through sequences of these synapses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
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noun
act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: aid, assist, assistance, help
noun
(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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: organic phenomenon
noun
the condition of being made easy (or easier)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: condition, status
History
From facilitate + -ion. Compare Latin facilitātiō.
Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
