excitation
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.
- (countable, uncountable) The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
- (countable, uncountable) The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation.
- (countable, uncountable) A transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule to an excited state by the absorption of a quantum of energy; the opposite of relaxation.
Synonyms
field excitation
Translations
excitación
excitation
eccitazione
excitação
Exzitation
excitatie Ansteuerung
tahrikPronounced as (IPA)
/ˌɛksaɪˈteɪʃən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English excitacion, excitacioun, from Old French excitation, from Latin excitātiō. Morphologically excite + -ation.
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