facilitation

== English == === Etymology === From facilitate +‎ -ion. Compare Latin facilitātiō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fəˌsɪlɪˈteɪʃən/, /fəˌsɪləˈteɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən Hyphenation: fa‧ci‧li‧ta‧tion === Noun === facilitation (countable and uncountable, plural facilitations) The act of facilitating or making easy. (physiology) The process of synapses becoming more capable of transmitting the same type of signal each time certain types of sensory signals pass through sequences of these synapses. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == French == === Etymology === From faciliter +‎ -ation. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fa.si.li.ta.sjɔ̃/ Hyphenation: fa‧ci‧li‧ta‧tion === Noun === facilitation f (plural facilitations) facilitation === Further reading === “facilitation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012