excitation

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French excitation, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin excitatio.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

excitation (countable and uncountable, plural excitations)

1. The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.
2. The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
3. (physiology) The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation
4. (physics) The change in state as an excited state is formed by the absorption of a quantum of energy

Derived terms

• excitation energy
• excitation function

Translations

the act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced

• Bengali: উত্তেজনা (uttejona)
• Bulgarian: възбуждане (bg) n (vǎzbuždane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 刺激 (zh) (cìjī), 激动 (zh) (jīdòng), 兴奋 (zh) (xīngfèn)

• French: excitation (fr)
• Galician: excitación (gl) f
• Hebrew: התרגשות (hitragshut)
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• Irish: spreagadh m
• Italian: eccitazione (it) f
• Portuguese: excitação (pt) f
• Romanian: excitare (ro) f
• Russian: стимуля́ция (ru) f (stimuljácija), возбужде́ние (ru) n (vozbuždénije)
• Swedish: stimulering (sv) c
• Turkish: tahrik (tr), uyarım (tr)

(physiology) activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation

• Bulgarian: възбуда (bg) f (vǎzbuda)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 兴奋 (zh) (xīngfèn)

• German: Erregung (de) f
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• Portuguese: estímulo (pt) m
• Russian: возбужде́ние (ru) n (vozbuždénije)
• Turkish: uyarılma (tr), uyartı (tr)

(physics) change in state as an excited state is formed by the absorption of a quantum of energy

• Bulgarian: възбуждане (bg) n (vǎzbuždane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 激发 (zh) (jīfā)

• German: Anregung (de) f, Erregung (de) f
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• Persian: برانگیختگی (fa) (barangixtegi)
• Polish: wzbudzenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: excitação (pt) f
• Russian: возбужде́ние (ru) n (vozbuždénije)
• Turkish: tahrik (tr), uyartı (tr)

Anagrams

• intoxicate

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

excitation f (plural excitations)

1. excitement

Further reading

• “excitation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.