Stim

STIM is an acronym that can refer to multiple concepts depending on context. The two most common uses are in music rights and in science and medicine.

In music rights, STIM refers to Svenska Tonsättares Internationella Musik, the Swedish Performing Rights Society. It is a rights-management organization that licenses musical works, collects royalties from users, and distributes payments to composers, lyricists, and publishers. STIM operates in Sweden and internationally through a network of affiliate societies and is part of the global CISAC system that coordinates royalty collection across borders.

In science and medicine, STIM (or stim) is often used as shorthand for stimulation. It denotes the application of a stimulus in research or clinical settings and can encompass various modalities, including electrical stimulation and other sensory or neuromodulatory techniques. Examples include transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, implanted stimulators, and other protocols used to study neural or physiological responses or to treat certain conditions. The term appears in experimental descriptions, device configurations, and data analyses to specify stimulation parameters and timing.

Because STIM has different legitimate meanings in different fields, the intended interpretation typically depends on the surrounding subject matter.