ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Habituator

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Habituator is a noun meaning One who habituates, or becomes used to a stimulus.

Meaning

One who habituates, or becomes used to a stimulus.

More Meanings

  1. A device that produces noise, used as an implant to treat tinnitus.

Example Sentences

The baby in the top panel looks a lot at the stimulus at first and then rapidly and consistently declines in looking to habituate; this baby exemplifies a rapid habituator who shows a linear, or exponential, decrease in looking.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include habituee, familiarizer, acclimator, inhabitor, practitioner, acclimatizer.

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