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Meaning of stimuli | Babel Free

Noun masculine

Definitions

  1. multiple stimulus together
    also, collective, masculine, neuter, singular
  2. a single stimulus; a boost
    masculine, neuter
  3. a performance enhancing substance; dope
    masculine, neuter

Examples

“Han understreker at stimuliet man får fra dataspill, ikke er sammenlignbart med kjemiske rusmidler[.]”

He stresses that the stimuli one gets from computer games, is not comparable to chemical drugs.

“Stimulien fra fallende rente har vært historisk sterk […]”

The stimulus from falling interest rates has been historically strong […]

“Deres ufødte babyer vil bli født avhengige av metadon. Slike babyer […] skriker etter den stimulien de er vant til fra unnfangelsen.”

Their unborn babies will be addicted to methadone. Such babies […] cry for the very stimuli they came to know from conception.

“Hesthamar meiner fleire private equity-investeringer i Nord-Norge ville kunne fungert som en stimuli for å øke konkurransekraften til næringslivet i landsdelen.”

Hesthamar thinks that more private equity investments in Northern Norway would work as a stimulus for the growth of competitiveness for business in the region.

“Han er tatt for å ha brukt oxilofrine, et stimuli som står på forbudslisten til Verdens antidopingbyrå (WADA).”

He is caught for having used oxilofrine, a substance on the prohibited list of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

“Me får ein stimuli som berre eit ansikt kan gje.”

We get a boost which only a face can give.

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