ex-citation

[ek-sahy-tey-shuhn, -si-]

ex·ci·ta·tion

[ek-sahy-tey-shuhn, -si-]
noun
1.
the act of exciting.
2.
the state of being excited.
3.
Electricity.
a.
the application of voltage to an electric device, as an electron-tube circuit, an antenna, or a dynamotor, often for producing a magnetic field in the device.
b.
the voltage applied.
4.
Physics. a process in which a molecule, atom, nucleus, or particle is excited.
5.
Also called drive. Electronics. the varying voltage applied to the control electrode of a vacuum tube.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English excitacioun < Late Latin excitātiōn- (stem of excitātiō), equivalent to Latin excitāt(us) (past participle of excitāre; see excite) + -iōn- -ion

pre·ex·ci·ta·tion, noun
su·per·ex·ci·ta·tion, noun
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