excitation: Meaning and Definition of

ex•ci•ta•tion

1. the act of exciting.
2. the state of being excited.
1. the application of voltage to an electric device, as an electron-tube circuit, an antenna, or a dynamotor, often for producing a magnetic field in the device.
2. the voltage applied.
4. a process in which a molecule, atom, nucleus, or particle is excited.
5. Also calledthe varying voltage applied to the control electrode of a vacuum tube.