Noun: facilitation fu,si-lu'tey-shun
- Act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something
"The teacher's facilitation of group discussions enhanced student learning"
- The condition of being made easy (or easier)
"social facilitation is an adaptive condition"
- (neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential
"Synaptic facilitation plays a crucial role in learning and memory formation"
Derived forms: facilitations
Type of: aid, assist, assistance, condition, help, organic phenomenon, status
Encyclopedia: Facilitation