facilitation
English
Etymology
From facilitate + -ion.[1] Compare Latin facilitātiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fəˌsɪlɪˈteɪʃən/, /fəˌsɪləˈteɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: fa‧ci‧li‧ta‧tion
Noun
facilitation (countable and uncountable, plural facilitations)
- The act of facilitating or making easy.
- (physiology) 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.
Derived terms
Translations
act of facilitating
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physiological phenomenon
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References
- ^ “facilitation, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa.si.li.ta.sjɔ̃/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: fa‧ci‧li‧ta‧tion
Noun
facilitation f (plural facilitations)
Further reading
- “facilitation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.