Dictionary

excitation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɛksaɪˈteɪʃən/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌɛksɪˈteɪʃən/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.
   • Wheelslip automatically causes the main generator field excitation to be reduced; the load regulator is forced back to minimum excitation and, if operating in one of the two stages of traction motor field divert, causes reversion to full field. 1962 December, “The Oxted Line diesel-electric multiple-units”, in Modern Railways, page 385:
   • Generator excitation is obtained by a combination of the separately-excited and self-excited fields, and the output is controlled by a resistance in the separate field circuit adjusted by the load regulator under the control of the engine governor. 1961 October, “The first 1,250 h.p. Birmingham/Sulzer Type 2 diesels enter service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 607:
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
   • Baiae: An ancient Roman pleasure resort [...]. It was the focal point of all kinds fo erotic experiments, unbridled debauchery, amorous intrigues and excitations, sexual encounters and aberrations. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 39:
   • The erotics of composition are essential to the process, some prereflective excitation and orientation, some sense that your own little verse-craft can dock safe and sound at the big quay of language. 1999, Seamus Heaney, “Introduction”, in Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page xxvi:
   • I'm pickin' up good vibrations / She's giving me the excitations. 1966, Mike Love, Brian Wilson, “Good Vibrations”, performed by The Beach Boys:
   • These women are experts at flattery, cajolery and sexual excitation, and also possess unusual talents for stirring up quarrels, stimulating jealousies and spreading slander and malicious rumors. 1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 79:
3. (countable, uncountable) The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation.
4. (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.

Forms

Deriveds

deexcitation · photoexcitation · sympathoexcitation · excitation energy · chemiexcitation · overexcitation · electroexcitation · cardioexcitation · isoexcitation · superexcitation · de-excitation · neuroexcitation · hyperexcitation · excitational · preexcitation · disexcitation · self-excitation · reexcitation · hypoexcitation · selfexcitation · excitation function

Translations (45)

ca excitació (the act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced) · nl excitatie (the act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced) · ro excitare (the act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced) · cmn 兴奋 (the act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced) · ru возбужде́ние ((physiology) activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation) · ru стимуля́ция (the act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced) · pt estímulo ((physiology) activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation) · cmn 激发 ((physics) change in state as an excited state is formed by the absorption of a quantum of energy) · cmn 激动 (the act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced) · tr uyartı ((physiology) activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation) · pt excitação (the act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced) · tr uyarım (the act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced) · id teralan ((physics) change in state as an excited state is formed by the absorption of a quantum of energy) · gl relouco (the act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced) · bg възбуждане (the act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced) · gl excitación (the act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced) · de Anregung ((physics) change in state as an excited state is formed by the absorption of a quantum of energy) · pl wzbudzenie ((physics) change in state as an excited state is formed by the absorption of a quantum of energy) · nl prikkeling (the act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced) · id perangsangan ((physiology) activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation) · sv stimulering (the act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced) · tr uyarılma ((physiology) activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation) · cmn 刺激 (the act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced) · de Erregung ((physics) change in state as an excited state is formed by the absorption of a quantum of energy) · pt excitação ((physics) change in state as an excited state is formed by the absorption of a quantum of energy) · nl opwekking (the act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced) · bn উত্তেজনা (the act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced) · it eccitazione (the act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced) · ru возбужде́ние (the act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced) · bg възбуда ((physiology) activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation) · fr excitation (the act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced) · tr uyartı ((physics) change in state as an excited state is formed by the absorption of a quantum of energy) · bg възбуждане ((physics) change in state as an excited state is formed by the absorption of a quantum of energy) · uk збу́дження ((physics) change in state as an excited state is formed by the absorption of a quantum of energy) · uk збу́дження (the act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced) · tr tahrik (the act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced) · ga spreagadh (the act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced) · uk збу́дження ((physiology) activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation) · fa برانگیختگی ((physics) change in state as an excited state is formed by the absorption of a quantum of energy) · tr tahrik ((physics) change in state as an excited state is formed by the absorption of a quantum of energy) · cmn 兴奋 ((physiology) activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation) · ru возбужде́ние ((physics) change in state as an excited state is formed by the absorption of a quantum of energy) · he התרגשות (the act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced) · de Erregung ((physiology) activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation) · nl aansporing (the act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced)