different between excitable vs excitation

English

Etymology

From excite +? -able.

Adjective

excitable (comparative more excitable, superlative most excitable)

1. Easily excited

2. (physics) Able to be promoted to an excited state

Related terms

Translations

French

Etymology

From Late Latin excitab?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.si.tabl/

Adjective

excitable (plural excitables)

1. excitable

Further reading

• “excitable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin exc?t?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /e?s?i?table/, [e??s.?i?t?a.??le]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /e?si?table/, [e??.si?t?a.??le]

Adjective

excitable (plural excitables)

1. excitable

Related terms

• excitar
• excitabilidad

Further reading

• “excitable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Old French excitation, from Latin excitatio.Morphologically excite +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ksa??te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

excitation (countable and uncountable, plural excitations)

1. The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.

1. The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
2. (physiology) The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation
3. (physics) A transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule to an excited state by the absorption of a quantum of energy; the opposite of relaxation

Derived terms

• excitation energy
• excitation function

Translations

Anagrams

• intoxicate

French

Pronunciation

Noun

excitation f (plural excitations)

1. excitement

Further reading

• “excitation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).