facilitation
Americannoun
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the act or process of facilitating.
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Physiology. the lowering of resistance in a neural pathway to an impulse, resulting from previous or simultaneous stimulation.
noun
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the act or process of facilitating
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physiol the increased ease of transmission of impulses in a nerve fibre, caused by prior excitation
Etymology
Origin of facilitation
First recorded in 1610–20; facilitate + -ion
Explanation
Use the noun facilitation to describe helping, improving, or making something easier, like the newly widened staircase and hall designed for the facilitation of moving crowds through the museum. The Latin word for "easy," is facilis. You can see this origin in facilitation, which means "the act of making something easier." If you volunteer to help with the facilitation of enrolling new students at a school, you might hand by the door, handing out forms and directing families to the main office. You make the new people's experience better, which is another meaning of facilitation, improvement.
Vocabulary lists containing facilitation
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Example Sentences
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An earlier version of this article misstated the date of the founding of the Special Investment Facilitation Council.
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2024
The Australian firm, which is ultimately owned by a New York-based investment fund called Scale Facilitation, is a start-up with little battery manufacturing experience.
From BBC • Aug. 7, 2023
Mexico’s Economy Department called on Texas to stop the stepped-up inspections, which began May 8, and said Mexico will take up the issue in Trade Facilitation Committee of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement.
From Seattle Times • May 15, 2023
To help displaced companies make a fresh start, the Ukraine Investment and Trade Facilitation Center in Lviv, is offering firms rent-free access to office and manufacturing space, a valuable lifeline.
From Reuters • Oct. 8, 2022
The Sequence of Topics: The Order of Formation of Bonds 141 Conventional versus Effective Orders Decreasing Interference and Increasing Facilitation Interest General Principles VIII.
From The Psychology of Arithmetic by Thorndike, Edward L. (Edward Lee)
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