initial stimulus
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinitialandstimulus
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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/us/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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stimulus
noun[C]
uk/ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/us/ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/
something that causes growth ...
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(Definition ofinitialandstimulusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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His suggestion that we attempt to generate stationary equilibria of this kind provided theinitialstimulusfor the work reported here. 10.
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Is represents a current source applied to the cell, for example theinitialstimulusfrom neighbouring cells.
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In a relatively short amount of time, pupils were able to generate sounds that they felt re-ected theinitialstimuluswhich they had chosen.
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The change in egg-shell permeability may result from theinitialstimulusacting either on the nematode or on the egg-shell.
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This procedure is used for each eye and the values obtained are used asinitialstimulusparameters for subsequent runs.
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These can involve branching pathways, feedback mechanisms, and amplification, so that theinitialstimuluscan effect several different outcomes.
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These translations provided theinitialstimulusfor linguistic work establishing norms for the nascent languages of different nations.
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In the early to mid 1990s when it became apparent that thisinitialstimulusto the private market had been a costly fiasco, there was a considerable consumer backlash.
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Each subject was presented with eachinitialstimulusitem with a new name embedded in one of the syntactic frames, along with an interesting function of that stimulus item.
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On the other hand, if the process takes root, innovations can bring about transformations with benefits out of all proportion to the costs of providing theinitialstimulus.
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In two of these, one of the choice items was identical to theinitialstimulus, and the other choice had nothing in common with the initial item.
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The child and the experimenter then tried out the function with the choice items to see if they could do what theinitialstimuluscould do.
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As in the experimental trial, theinitialstimulusappears for 200 ms, is followed by a 29.8 s fixation cross, and a 2 s presentation of the query screen.
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To assess potential drift in the cells' responsivity during the 30-min testing period, theinitialstimulus condition was repeated at the end of the series of tests.
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What we must do is to show that the new industries can flourish, and indeed they will, given theinitialstimulusto plant themselves in these parts of the country.
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To replace those jobs, we need investment, both public and private, and we certainly need theinitialstimulusto come from public investment in infrastructure, transport, education and training.
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A commonly-used variation of the matching-to-sample task requires the animal to use theinitialstimulus to control a later choice between different stimuli.
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Theinitialstimulusor spark to parliamentary enclosure is not clear.
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Participants were presented with aninitialstimulus(a prime) that made them think of morality or made them think of might.
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These additional signals were represented by theinitialstimuluschanging colour (e.g. to either a red or orange light).
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