Science Fair Project Dictionary
Excite
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English
Transitive verb
to excite (excited, exciting )
- to stir the emotions of
- The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone present.
- to arouse or bring out (eg feelings); to stimulate;
- Favoritism tends to excite jealousy in the ones not being favored.
- The political reforms excited unrest among to population.
- There are drugs designed to excite certain nerves in our body.
- (physics): to cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level
- By applying electric potential to the neon atoms, the electrons become excited, then emit a photon when returning to normal.
Translations
- German: erregen (1,2), anregen (2 nerves)
See also
- excited (4)
- excited state (4)
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