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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ek-sahy-tey-shuh n, -si-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛk saɪˈteɪ ʃən, -sɪ-



Definition of excitation

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French excitation, from Latin excitationem (nominative excitatio), noun of action from past participle stem of excitare (see excite).
  • noun excitement
Example sentences :
  • I may read him to-day with enjoyment, but safe from excitation.
  • Extract from : « Waiting for Daylight » by Henry Major Tomlinson
  • Now, every vital action supposes an excitation or irritation.
  • Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books - Volume 15 - Science » by Various
  • Is there not here all the excitation in the world for our sorrow, our pity, our indignation?
  • Extract from : « Revolution and Other Essays » by Jack London
  • Their recollection is not an act of the will, but an excitation by the object that originally produced it.
  • Extract from : « Sound Mind » by John Haslam
  • On September 14 he tried various experiments on the excitation of electricity.
  • Extract from : « The Royal Institution » by Bence Jones
  • We all dropt in spirit like so many sacks, after the excitation of the morning.
  • Extract from : « Miss Eden's Letters » by Emily Eden
  • And therefore the will could suspend its exercise and its excitation of the mind.
  • Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4) » by Richard Baxter
  • Excitation is detected in Mimosa by the downward movement of the leaf.
  • Extract from : « Life Movements in Plants » by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
  • The amplitude of the response-curve measures the intensity of excitation.
  • Extract from : « Life Movements in Plants » by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
  • This mode of propagation may better be described as a convection of excitation.
  • Extract from : « Life Movements in Plants » by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose

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