Excitation

Definitions

1. The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.
   countable, uncountable
2. The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
   countable, uncountable
3. The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation.
   countable, uncountable
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.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

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