| noxious | 1. Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious; destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as, noxious air, food, or climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as, noxious practices or examples. "Too frequent an appearance in places of public resort is noxious to spiritual promotions." (Swift) 2. Guilty; criminal. "Those who are noxious in the eye of the law." (Abp. Bramhall) Synonym: Noisome, hurtful, harmful, injurious, destructive, pernicious, mischievous, corrupting, baneful, unwholesome, insalubrious. See Noisome. Nox"iously, Nox"iousness. Origin: L. Noxius, fr. Noxa harm; akin to nocere to harm, hurt. Cf. Nuisance, Necromancy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| square wave stimuli | Electrical stimulation in which the intensity of the current is brought suddenly to a given level and maintained at that level until it suddenly is cut off; this type of stimulus is particularly useful in obtaining a strength-duration curve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stimuli | The pleural of stimulus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| summation of stimuli | Cumulative muscular or neural effects produced by the frequent repetition of stimuli. (05 Mar 2000) |