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excitation

Syllabification: (ex·ci·ta·tion)
Pronunciation: /ekˌsīˈtāSHən/
Definition of excitation

noun

  • 1 technical the application of energy to a particle, object, or physical system, in particular.
  • Physics the process in which an atom or other particle adopts a higher energy state when energy is supplied:thermal excitation
  • Physiology the state of enhanced activity or potential activity of a cell, organism, or tissue that results from its stimulation.
  • Physics the process of applying current to the winding of an electromagnet to produce a magnetic field.
  • Electronics the process of applying a signal voltage to the control electrode of an electron tube or the base of a transistor.
  • 2the action or state of exciting or being excited; excitement:a state of sexual excitation

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin excitatio(n-), from excitare 'rouse, call forth' (see excite)

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