Excitation
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Related to Excitation: excitation voltage, Excitation Contraction Coupling
Excitation or Excitement may refer to:
- Excitation (magnetic), provided with an electrical generator or alternator
- Electron excitation, the transfer of an electron to a higher atomic orbital
- Stimulation or excitation or excitement, the action of various agents on nerves, muscles, or a sensory end organ, by which activity is evoked
- Sexual excitation
- Excitement (film), a lost 1924 silent comedy by Robert F. Hill
See also
- Anticipation (emotion)
- Anxiety
- Endorphins
- Excitatory postsynaptic potential
- Excited (disambiguation)
- Excited state, of an atom, molecule or nucleus
- Exciter (disambiguation)
- Pleasure
- Psychomotor agitation
- All pages with titles containing Excitation
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