excitation

Meaning

Noun

  • The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.
  • The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
  • The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation
  • A transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule to an excited state by the absorption of a quantum of energy; the opposite of relaxation

Origin

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

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