Excitation, excite, exciting, or excitement may refer to:
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Excitation (magnetic)
In electromagnetism, excitation is the process of generating a magnetic field by means of an electric current.
An electric generator or electric motor consists of a rotor spinning in a magnetic field. The magnetic field may be produced by p ...
, provided with an electrical generator or alternator
* ''Exite'', a series of racing video games published by
Nintendo
is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto. It develops, publishes, and releases both video games and video game consoles.
The history of Nintendo began when craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi ...
starting with ''
Excitebike
is a 1984 racing video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was ported to arcades for the Nintendo VS. System later that year and Famicom Disk System in 1988. In North America, it became one of the ...
''
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Excite (web portal)
Excite is an American website (historically a web portal) operated by IAC that provides outsourced internet content such as a metasearch engine, with outsourced weather and news content on the main page. all of Excite's operations are controll ...
, web portal owned by
IAC
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Excite Ballpark, located in San Jose, California
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Electron excitation, the transfer of an electron to a higher atomic orbital
** More generally, the transfer of energy to a
normal mode
A normal mode of a dynamical system is a pattern of motion in which all parts of the system move sinusoidally with the same frequency and with a fixed phase relation. The free motion described by the normal modes takes place at fixed frequencies ...
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''Excitement'' (film), a lost 1924 silent comedy by Robert F. Hill
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Sexual excitation
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Stimulation
Stimulation is the encouragement of development or the cause of activity in general. For example, "The press provides stimulation of political discourse." An interesting or fun activity can be described as "stimulating", regardless of its physic ...
or excitation or excitement, the action of various agents on nerves, muscles, or a sensory end organ, by which activity is evoked
* "Exciting", a song by Hieroglyphics from the album ''
The Kitchen''
See also
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Anticipation (emotion)
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Anxiety
Anxiety is an emotion characterised by an unpleasant state of inner wikt:turmoil, turmoil and includes feelings of dread over Anticipation, anticipated events. Anxiety is different from fear in that fear is defined as the emotional response ...
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Endorphins
Endorphins (contracted from endogenous morphine) are peptides produced in the brain that block the perception of pain and increase feelings of wellbeing. They are produced and stored in the pituitary gland of the brain. Endorphins are endogeno ...
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Excitatory postsynaptic potential
In neuroscience, an excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP) is a postsynaptic potential that makes the postsynaptic neuron more likely to fire an action potential. This temporary depolarization of postsynaptic membrane potential, caused by the ...
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Excited (disambiguation)
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Excited state
In quantum mechanics
Quantum mechanics is the fundamental physical Scientific theory, theory that describes the behavior of matter and of light; its unusual characteristics typically occur at and below the scale of atoms. Reprinted, Add ...
, of an atom, molecule or nucleus
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Exciter (disambiguation)
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Pleasure
Pleasure is experience that feels good, that involves the enjoyment of something. It contrasts with pain or suffering, which are forms of feeling bad. It is closely related to value, desire and action: humans and other conscious animals find ...
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Psychomotor agitation
Psychomotor agitation is a symptom in various disorders and health conditions. It is characterized by unintentional and purposeless motions and restlessness, often but not always accompanied by emotional distress and is always an indicative for ...
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