recruitment









recruitment


noun

  1. the act or process of recruiting.
  2. Physiology. an increase in the response to a stimulus owing to the activation of additional receptors, resulting from the continuous application of the stimulus with the same intensity.
n.

1795, from recruit (v.) + -ment.

n.

  1. An abnormal disproportionate sensation of loudness felt in response to sounds of increasing intensity.
  2. The activation of additional motor neurons in response to sustained stimulation of a given receptor or afferent nerve.
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