stimulator
Something that arouses
A stimulator is something that stimulates—that activates, encourages, or increases activity.
The term appears in medical and scientific contexts for devices that deliver electrical impulses: a nerve stimulator, a muscle stimulator.
More broadly, anything that provokes response or growth can be called a stimulator: a stimulator of economic development, a stimulator of creative thinking.
Agent enabling change
- triggerWhat initiates action
- initiatorOne who starts something
- sparkTiny fiery particle
- inducerSomething that triggers
igniter · starter · impulse · generator · instigator · energizer · precipitator · inciter
Device producing oscillations
Source of creative impulse
- encouragementSupport spurring continued effort
- incentiveReward encouraging action
- impetusForce initiating action
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
catalyst · drive · spur · goad · prod · prompt · influence · muse
Conductive interface point
- pacemakerDevice regulating heartbeat
- defibrillatorHeart-shocking medical device
- TENSElectrical nerve therapy
- nerveSignal-carrying body fiber
muscle · implant · probe · pulse · electrical · therapeutic · neural · cardiac
One who foments discord
- instigatorOne who provokes action
- rabble-rouserOne who stirs dissent
- firebrandAgitator or burning stick
- troublemakerOne who creates discord
pot-stirrer · antagonist · fomenter · inciter · disruptor · gadfly · contrarian · inflammatory
Signal-strengthening electronic device
- boosterSomething that increases strength
- augmenterThat which increases
- intensifierSomething that strengthens
- fortifierSomething that strengthens
reinforcer · magnifier · optimizer · strengthener · accelerant · supplement · additive · adjuvant
catalyst
Agent enabling change
inducer · igniter · starter · impulse · generator · instigator · energizer · precipitator · inciter · promoter
vibrator
Device producing oscillations
inspiration
Source of creative impulse
- encouragementSupport spurring continued effort
- incentiveReward encouraging action
- impetusForce initiating action
momentum · catalyst · drive · spur · goad · prod · prompt · influence · muse · energizer
electrode
Conductive interface point
- pacemakerDevice regulating heartbeat
- defibrillatorHeart-shocking medical device
- TENSElectrical nerve therapy
nerve · muscle · implant · probe · pulse · electrical · therapeutic · neural · cardiac · transcranial
agitator
One who foments discord
- instigatorOne who provokes action
- rabble-rouserOne who stirs dissent
- firebrandAgitator or burning stick
troublemaker · pot-stirrer · antagonist · fomenter · inciter · disruptor · gadfly · contrarian · inflammatory · radical
amplifier
Signal-strengthening electronic device
- boosterSomething that increases strength
- augmenterThat which increases
- intensifierSomething that strengthens
fortifier · reinforcer · magnifier · optimizer · strengthener · accelerant · supplement · additive · adjuvant · synergist
- sex toysvibrator, dildo, butt plug, cock ring, anal beads
- motivatorsmotivator, rewards, ambition, incentive, incentives
- lab equipmentmicroscope, microscopes, beaker, beakers, test tube
- neurosurgerybrain surgery, neurosurgery, craniotomy, brain tumor removal, DBS
- cardiac monitorsECG machine, EKG machine, electrocardiograph, cardiac monitor, heart monitor
- neuroscience toolsEEG machine, electrode, microelectrode, reference electrode, neural implant
stimulatordepressant
Agent that reduces activity
sedative · inhibitor · suppressor · suppressant · tranquilizer
stimulatordiscourager
One who dampens motivation
demotivator · inhibitor · deterrent · suppressant · dampener
- electrical stimulationCurrent applied to body
- mental stimulationEngagement of cognitive faculties
- sexual stimulationPhysical acts causing arousal
- ovarian stimulationHormone-induced egg maturation
- sensory stimulationInput activating perceptual systems
- visual stimulationInput that engages sight
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