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habituator

habituator noun: one who habituates, or becomes used to a stimulus.

Noun

habituator (plural habituators)

  1. One who habituates, or becomes used to a stimulus.
    • 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.1992, Marc H. Bornstein, Michael E. Lamb, Development in Infancy: An Introduction, page 246
  2. A device that produces noise, used as an implant to treat tinnitus.

Forms of habituator

pluralhabituators

Origin of habituator

From habituate + -or.

Questions about habituator

What does habituator mean?
Habituator means one who habituates, or becomes used to a stimulus.
What part of speech is habituator?
Habituator is a noun.
What is the plural of habituator?
The plural of habituator is habituators.

Words near habituator in the dictionary

  1. habituating
  2. habituation
  3. habituations
  4. habituative
  5. habituatives
  6. habituator
  7. habituators
  8. habitude
  9. habitudes
  10. habitudinal
  11. habitue

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