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Noun: facilitation  fu,si-lu'tey-shun
  1. Act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something
    "The teacher's facilitation of group discussions enhanced student learning"
     
  2. The condition of being made easy (or easier)
    "social facilitation is an adaptive condition"
     
  3. (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