excitation
/ˌɛksaɪˈteɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.02 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule to an excited state by the absorption of a quantum of energy; the opposite of relaxation.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "I'm pickin' up good vibrations / She's giving me the excitations."
- "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."
Etymology
From Middle English excitacion, excitacioun, from Old French excitation, from Latin excitātiō. Morphologically excite + -ation.