English Explanatory Dictionary

excitation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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. The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation.
  4. A transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule to an excited state by the absorption of a quantum of energy; the opposite of relaxation.

Pronunciation

/ˌɛksaɪˈteɪʃən/ /ˌɛksɪˈteɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-excitation.wav

Word forms

excitation excitations

Etymology

From Middle English excitacion, excitacioun, from Old French excitation, from Latin excitātiō. Morphologically excite + -ation.

Derived words

cardioexcitation chemiexcitation deexcitation de-excitation disexcitation electroexcitation excitation energy excitation function hyperexcitation hypoexcitation isoexcitation neuroexcitation overexcitation photoexcitation preexcitation reexcitation self-excitation selfexcitation superexcitation sympathoexcitation
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on E Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary