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stigmergy Ent.|ˈstɪgmɜːdʒɪ|
[ad. F. stigmergie (P.-P. Grassé 1959, in Insectes Sociaux VI. 62), f. Gr. στιγµ-ός pricking + ἔργ-ον work: see -y3.]
The process by which the results of an insect's activity act as a stimulus to further activity.
1959tr. P.-P. Grassé in Insectes Sociaux VI. 79 The stimulation of the workers by the very performances they have achieved is a significant one inducing accurate and adaptable response, and has been named stigmergy. 1965Symp. Zool. Soc. Lond. XIV. 128 Experimental evidence would seem to be desirable before accepting stigmergy as the explanation of all co-ordinated constructional behaviour. 1981Atlantic Monthly July 49 There is a similar phenomenon in entomology known as stigmergy.
Hence stigˈmergic a.
1970G. Ordish tr. R. Chauvin's World of Ants i. 41 At some point there seems to be a brake on the stigmergic process when the stimulation has gone beyond a certain stage. 1971E. O. Wilson Insect Societies xi. 229/2 Stigmergic responses are evidently major elements in nest construction by social insects. |