definition of habituate
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- ha·bit·u·ate. v. ha·bit·u·at·ed, ha·bit·u·at·ing, ha·bit·u·ates. v. tr. To accustom by frequent repetition or prolonged exposure. v. intr. 1. To cause physiological or psychological habituation, as to a drug. 2. Psychology To experience habituation.
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habit [+] more examples [-] hide examples [+] Example sentences [-] Hide examples ◊ To fall/slip into the habit of doing something is to begin to do something in a regular way without realizing that you are doing it. It's easy to fall into the habit of not eating enough for breakfast.
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Industrial Revolution Key People. Topics. Industrial Revolution, in modern history, the process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing. This process began in Britain in the 18th century and from there spread to other parts of the world. Although used earlier by French writers, the term Industrial Revolution was first popularized by the English economic historian Arnold Toynbee (1852–83) to describe Britain’s economic development from 1760 to 1840.
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- The definition of an insinuation is an indirect hint or a suggestion of something bad. An indirect hint that someone is lying is an example of an insinuation. 1  the act of insinuating.  something insinuated; specif.,
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habit ◊ To get in/into the habit of doing something means to do something in a regular or repeated way so that it becomes a habit. 1  I had gotten into the habit of reading before going to bed. 2  She got in the habit of leaving her keys on the counter so she wouldn't forget them.
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HABITUS The noun HABITUS has 2 senses: 1. person's predisposition to be affected by something (as a disease). 2. constitution of the human body. Familiarity information: HABITUS used as a noun is rare.
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- Habituation. Source: http://publish.radford.edu/~jsking/Orienting%20Response.doc. An Introduction to the Orienting Response (OR) and its Habituation. It is unfortunate that most texts and courses in Classical and Operant Conditioning omit this topic or only treat them in a cursory fashion.
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About nasal and paranasal sinus cancer The area where the nose and throat meet is called the nasopharynx. If you have cancer here it’s called nasopharyngeal cancer. This is a different type from nasal and paranasal sinus cancer and is dealt with in a different section of the website.he area where the nose and throat meet is called the nasopharynx. If you have cancer here it’s called nasopharyngeal cancer. This is a different type from nasal and paranasal sinus cancer and is dealt with in the nasopharyngeal cancer section.
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attenuate Define attenuate: to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken — attenuate in a sentence to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken; to reduce the severity, virulence, or vitality of; to make thin or slender…
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routine Routine means being regular or customary. An example of routine used as an adjective is the phrase routine procedure which means a procedure that is done frequently. The definition of a routine is a regular process or course of action. An example of a routine is waking up at 7, eating breakfast at 7:30 and showering at 8 every day. a regular, more or less unvarying procedure, customary, prescribed, or habitual, as of business or daily life.
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attenuate Origin and Etymology of attenuate Middle English attenuat, from Latin attenuatus, past participle of attenuare to make thin, from ad- + tenuis thin — more at thin new!
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Actual Grace Habitual Grace ...Constant supernatural quality of the soul which sanctifies a person inherently and makes him or her just and pleasing to God. Also called sanctifying grace or justifying grace
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- verb (used with object), actuated, actuating. 1. to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives. 2. to put into action; start a process; turn on: to actuate a machine. Origin of actuate.
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A Acclimatization n. A process consisting of physiological or behavioral changes occurring within the lifetime of an organism that reduce the strain caused by the naturally-occurring changes in climatic factors associated with the seasons. // v. = acclimatize // adj. = acclimatized.
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- Subject: Re: Routine, habituation and addiction Answered By: jbf777-ga on 23 Mar 2003 12:20 PST Rated: Clarification of Answer by jbf777-ga on 28 Mar 2003 21:13 PST Hi-That should actually read desensitized instead of sensitized in that example sentence.
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- Therefore, the atomic radius decreases across the periodic table. For the third period, the atomic radius essentially goes Al > Si > P > S > Cl > Ar. In this example, Chlorine is smaller than S because although Cl has 7 valence electrons found in the 3rd shell, these electrons are attracted by 17 protons.
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Definition of 'attenuate' Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense attenuates, present participle attenuating, past tense, past participle attenuated verb To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it.
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habitus a person's appearance or physique, as an athletic habitus. See also habit. A general body type; an asthenic habitus is seen in tall thin subjects whose organs are said to hang low in the body; the hyperthenic subject is plethoric and his organs are higher in the body and the hyposthenic habitus lies between the two. See Marfanoid habitus.
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punctuate Define punctuate: to mark or divide (written matter) with punctuation marks; to break into or interrupt at intervals — punctuate in a sentence to mark or divide (written matter) with punctuation marks; to break into or interrupt at intervals; accentuate, emphasize…
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- punctuating. 1  transitive verb. 2  1 : to mark or divide (written matter) with punctuation marks. 3  2 : to break into or interrupt at intervals the steady click of her needles punctuated the silence — Edith Wharton. 4  3 : accentuate, emphasize. 5  intransitive verb. : 6  to use punctuation marks.
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continuous 2. 'continual' and 'continuous'. Continual is usually used to describe something that happens often over a period of time. If something is continuous, it happens all the time without stopping, or seems to do so. For example, if you say 'There was continual rain', you mean that it rained often.
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- pro·cras·ti·nate. v. pro·cras·ti·nat·ed, pro·cras·ti·nat·ing, pro·cras·ti·nates. v. intr. To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness. v. tr.ro·cras·ti·nate. v. pro·cras·ti·nat·ed, pro·cras·ti·nat·ing, pro·cras·ti·nates. v. intr. To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness. v. tr.
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- Habituation occurs throughout the animal kingdom from simple worms to humans. 1  It follows the same basic rules. For example: 2  The orienting reaction to weak stimuli habituates faster than to strong ones. 3  Habituation occurs fastest if stimuli are presented not too close together and not too far apart in time.
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HABITUATE • HABITUATE (verb). The verb HABITUATE has 2 senses: 1. take or consume (regularly or habitually). 2. make psychologically or physically used (to something). Familiarity information: HABITUATE used as a verb is rare.
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effectuate To effectuate is to produce a result or make something happen. Effectuating accomplishes things. Things that have an effect make something happen: they're significant in some way. Similarly, to effectuate is to cause something to happen or set it up so something can happen. A doctor who effectuates a cure has found a cure. A general who effectuates an attack has made the attack happen.
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perpetuate The definition of perpetuate is to cause something to be remembered or continued. An example of perpetuate is commemorating the terrorist attacks of 2001 every year on September 11th. perpetuate. perpetuate.