EXCITATION
\ɛksɪtˈe͡ɪʃən], \ɛksɪtˈeɪʃən], \ɛ_k_s_ɪ_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of EXCITATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.
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The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
By Oddity Software
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The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.
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The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing or awakening; "It may be safely said that the order of excitation is from muscles that are small and frequently acted on to those which are larger, and less frequently acted on."-H. Spencer; "Here are words of fervent excitation to the frozen hearts of others."-Bp. Hall: in med. the act of producing excitement; also, the excitement produced.
By Daniel Lyons
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The act of producing or increasing the stimulation ; the stimulation thus produced.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Excitement; same etymon. The act of exciting; the state of an organ or organs excited. Excitement is, sometimes, used synonymously with augmented arterial action. The effect of the exciting powers acting on the excitability, according to Brown, constitutes excitement. Cullen used the term to express the restoration of the energy and action of the brain, which had been interrupted by sleep or some debilitating cause,-a state opposite to that of collapse. Not unfrequently, it is employed in the sense of excessive action.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Act of rousing or awakening;—act of producing excitement; the excitement produced.
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