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excitation

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).

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excitatory

English

Adjective

excitatory (comparative more excitatory, superlative most excitatory)

  1. stimulating, exciting or causing excitation; excitative

Translations

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