EXCITATION
- The application of energy to a particle, object, or physical system, in particular
- The process in which an atom or other particle adopts a higher energy state when energy is supplied
- The state of enhanced activity or potential activity of a cell, organism, or tissue that results from its stimulation
- The process of applying current to the winding of an electromagnet to produce a magnetic field
- The process of applying a signal voltage to the control electrode of an electron tube or the base of a transistor
- The action or state of exciting or being excited; excitement
- the act of exciting or putting in motion [n -S]