Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
1.
the condition of being made easy (or easier);
- Example: "social facilitation is an adaptive condition"2.
(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;
3.
act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Facilitation \Fa*cil`i*ta"tion\, n.
The act of facilitating or making easy.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
facilitation
n 1: the condition of being made easy (or easier); "social
facilitation is an adaptive condition"
2: (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
3: act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement
of something