(neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential

• Act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Facilitation in business , organizational development (OD), and in consensus decision-making refers to the process of designing and running a successful meeting . Facilitation concerns itself with all the tasks needed to run a productive and impartial meeting. ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, noun of action from facilitate .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of facilitating or making easy.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the condition of being made easy (or easier); "social facilitation is an adaptive condition" (neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Facilitation \Fa*cil`i*ta"tion\, n. The act of facilitating or making easy.