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What is the adjective for stimulus?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb stimulate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

stimulated
  1. In a condition or state of stimulation.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The second criterion for laser operation is that these stimulated emissions must occur within an optical cavity that is resonant at the stimulated emission wavelength.”
      “I don't want to be the cause of blood loss if you get too stimulated from the sight of me working in the hot sun.”
      “The students had a stimulated will learn.”
stimulatory
  1. stimulative; serving to stimulate
  2. Examples:
    1. “This results in rebound of the previously suppressed stimulatory transmitters.”
      “Alternatively, competent larvae of many sessile invertebrate species do not progress toward metamorphosis if stimulatory cues are absent.”
      “Pancreatic islets of Langerhans produce bursts of electrical activity when exposed to stimulatory glucose levels.”
stimulating
  1. Having a manner that stimulates.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I was especially taken by the third part, as you stressed the importance of cultivating a stimulating pastime to escape the drudgeries of mundane life.”
      “I would come as the stimulating breeze that vivifies and refreshes, the breeze that has its birth on the vast Pacific where all impurities are scrubbed out of it in a thousand miles of storms.”
      “Mr. Hopkinson finds it difficult to arrive at a conclusion as satisfying to the mind as his premises are stimulating to the conscience and attractive to the artistic sense.”
stimulative
stimulable
  1. Able to be stimulated.
  2. Examples:
    1. “It has been argued that stimulable bioluminescence potential is a useful, measurable proxy for planktonic biomass.”
      “Despite severe epithelial lesions, alveolar clearance is usually pharmacologically stimulable.”
      “In a traditional approach to treatment target selection sounds that are stimulable are chosen first, because they are easier for the child to learn.”
stimulant
  1. Acting as a stimulant.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The basic ingredient to the stimulant potion was coffee, while the base for the scent-masking potion was water.”
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