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

• (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

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

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.

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

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 ...

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. ...