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excitation
  1. The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.
  2. The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
  3. (physiology) The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation
  4. (physics) The change in state as an excited state is formed by the absorption of a quantum of energy
  5. Synonyms:
      6. turmoil, furore, furor, agitation, flurry, activity, action, enthusiasm, ferment, commotion, elation, eagerness, thrill, incitement, provocation, stimulation, uproar, hubbub, frenzy, ado, excitement, passion, fever, hurry, hurly-burly, flap, tumult, disturbance, rumpus, fuss, pandemonium, kerfuffle, ruckus, ruction, stir, feverishness, hullabaloo, hysteria, bother, row, ballyhoo, clatter, bustle, rage, storm, bluster, pother, blather, unrest, whirl … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “After the intense excitation caused by winning the championship, the team celebrated with jubilant screams and triumphant cheers.”
      “The excitation source used was an argon-ion laser-pumped, regeneratively amplified Ti-sapphire laser operating at 250 kHz repetition rate.”
      “After light excitation, the protein transfers the excess energy via vibrational relaxation to the surrounding water bath.”
exciter
  1. A person who excites.
  2. The electronic oscillator that generates the carrier signal for a transmitter.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. firebrand, agitator, incendiary, instigator, demagogue, inciter, fomenter, provocateur, kindler, demagog, rabble-rouser, troublemaker, stirrer, revolutionary, rebel, agent provocateur, ringleader, soapbox orator, sparkplug, radical, subversive, activist, tub-thumper, inflamer, zealot, revolutionist, disrupter, anarchist, malcontent, demonstrator, hothead, wave maker, mischief-maker, insurgent, rioter, campaigner, provoker, propagandist, mover and shaker, guerrilla, protester, haranguer, haranger, manipulator, fanatic, orator, politician, political agitator, agitating person, crowd pleaser … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The exciter reveled in provoking conflicts and stirring up chaos wherever they went.”
      “The fluctuation of hormones in any one-month cycle is a big exciter of migraine.”
      “Then he designed a frame, and using a WorldSound kit, applied an exciter on the back to produce a stereo speaker.”
excitability
  1. (uncountable) The state of being excitable
  2. (countable) A measure of how easy something is to excite
  3. Synonyms:
      4. uneasiness, agitation, edginess, disquietude, restlessness, tenseness, restiveness, twitchiness, touchiness, neuroticism, volatility, unrest, nervousness, fretfulness, jitters, turbulence, unease, disturbance, fitfulness, movement, instability, antsiness, unsettledness, ants, inquietude, disquiet, anxiety, turmoil, ferment, jumpiness, worriedness, bustle, insomnia, ailment, hurry, transience, inconstancy, unquietness, fermentation, impatience, activity, Sturm und Drang, discomfort, pins and needles, apprehension, jitteriness, fidgetiness, discomposure, unquiet, heebie-jeebies … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Her emotional excitability was now gone. She was, on the contrary, lethargic.”
      “The Bank directors may be blamed for many things, but they cannot be blamed for the changeableness and excitability of a neocracy. ”
      “Serotonin has been demonstrated to enhance excitability and spike output in vertebrate and invertebrate neurons.”
excitement
  1. (uncountable) the state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
  2. (countable) something that excites.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. exhilaration, enthusiasm, animation, elation, fever, action, activity, anticipation, eagerness, passion, emotion, feverishness, flurry, heat, instigation, thrill, warmth, fieriness, fire, intensity, motivation, motive, pep, zeal, zest, ado, impulse, spark, vim, zing, enjoyment, excitation, feeling, flutter, hurry, interest, intoxication, kicks, movement, stimulus, urge, liveliness, spirit, energy, vigour, vigor, exuberance, vitality, zip, pizzazz … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The excitement in the young boy's expression was evident.”
      “We experienced the excitement of trekking through the Himalayas last year.”
      “There was great excitement as locals scrambled about in panic during the earthquake.”
excitotoxity
  1. (pathology) A form of toxicity produced by excessive stimulation of the brain via the excitatory substance glutamate
excitant
  1. Something that excites or stimulates; a stimulant
  2. Synonyms:
      3. spur, stimulus, motivation, impetus, incentive, encouragement, stimulant, incitement, impulse, boost, goad, instigation, provocation, inducement, stimulation, motive, catalyst, incitation, fillip, momentum, yeast, prompt, prod, urge, trigger, actuation, prick, activation, needle, shot in the arm, turn-on, kick up the backside, push, inspiration, pressure, force, impulsion, thrust, propulsion, movement, shove, influence, impellent, motive power, drive, cause, persuasion, urging, reason, prompting … more
excitableness
  1. The quality of being excitable, excitability.
exciteableness
  1. Alternative spelling of excitableness
excitingness
  1. The state or condition of being exciting.
  2. Examples:
      3. “The dangerousness, the excitingness, of being rich struck Mr. Prohack very forcibly.”
excitive
  1. (archaic) That which excites; an excitant.
excitor
  1. Alternative form of exciter
  2. Examples:
      3. “Three Pavlovian fear conditioning experiments with rats as subjects explored the effect of extinction in the presence of a concurrent excitor.”
      “Whence it became evident that this nerve is not the excitor, but the sensory nerve concerned in glycogenesis.”
      “Like the other medicines of this order, Ergot is not an excitor of the heart and circulation.”
excitabilities
  1. plural of excitability
  2. Synonyms:
      3. uneasinesses, agitations, edginesses, disquietudes, restlessnesses, tensenesses, restivenesses, twitchiness, touchinesses, neuroticisms, volatilities, unrests, nervousnesses, fretfulnesses, jitters, turbulences, disturbances, unease, fitfulnesses, movements, instabilities, antsiness, unsettlednesses, ants, inquietudes, disquiet, anxieties, turmoils, ferments, jumpinesses, worriedness, bustles, insomnias, ailments, hurries, transiences, inconstancies, unquietnesses, fermentations, impatiences, activities, Sturm und Drang, discomforts, apprehensions, jitteriness, fidgetinesses, discomposures, heebie-jeebies, hurry-scurries, cabin fever … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “In a dorsiventral organ the geotropic excitabilities of the upper and lower sides are different.”
excitations
  1. plural of excitation
  2. Synonyms:
      3. turmoil, furore, furor, agitation, flurries, activity, actions, enthusiasm, ferments, commotion, elation, eagerness, thrills, incitements, provocation, stimulation, blather, rumpuses, alarums and excursions, bobberies, hooplas, shindies, whirls, disturbance, hullabaloos, dos, hoo-hahs, uproar, ballyhoos, brouhahas, tumults, welters, blusters, ructions, fuss, bother, coils, pothers, pandemoniums, moil, hurry-scurry, stir, storms, fun, helter-skelter, hubble-bubbles, squalls, foofaraws, corroborees, clatters … more
excitements
  1. plural of excitement
  2. Synonyms:
      3. activities, actions, bustle, commotion, buzz, hustle and bustle, busyness, fervour, fervor, gaieties, hubbubs, dramas, events, fuss, hijinks, incidents, movements, happenings, hullabaloos, occurrences, proceedings, tumults, comings and goings, fervours, goings-on, high spirits, hurry-scurries, pothers, to-dos … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “It took the excitements and sensations in its stride and refused to make a crisis out of a drama.”
      “In the early 1980s, a lot of people were waking up to the cultural possibilities and, yes, the aesthetic excitements, of design.”
      “Make up your mind as to what is the duty of honest citizens because all these political excitements will soon be gone.”
excitants
  1. plural of excitant
  2. Synonyms:
      3. spurs, stimuli, motivations, impetuses, incentives, encouragement, stimulants, incitements, impulses, boosts, goads, instigations, provocation, inducements, stimulation, motives, catalysts, incitation, fillips, momentums, yeast, prompts, prods, urges, triggers, actuation, pricks, activation, needles, shots in the arm, turn-ons, shoves, impellents, inspiration, impulsions, pushes, influence, motive power, propulsion, pressure, thrust, force, movement, driving forces, drives, cause, reason, excitement, lift, power … more
excitives
  1. plural of excitive
excitors
  1. plural of excitor
exciters
  1. plural of exciter
  2. Synonyms:
      3. firebrands, agitators, incendiaries, instigators, demagogues, inciters, fomenters, provocateurs, kindlers, demagogs, rabble-rousers, troublemakers, stirrers, revolutionaries, agents provocateurs, rebels, ringleaders, subversives, radicals, sparkplugs, activists, inflamers, revolutionists, malcontents, mischief-makers, anarchists, zealots, demonstrators, disrupters, hotheads, rioters, insurgents, movers and shakers, campaigners, propagandists, provokers, crowd pleasers, manipulators, haranguers, orators, fanatics, politicians, protesters, guerrillas, revisionists, heretics, reactionaries, fighters, champions, leftists … more
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