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to excite

to excite

1 8.6
To cause a coil to make a magnetic field or an atom to gain energy
  • verb
  • /ɪkˈsaɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : excitar
  • When exposed to UV light, the gas atoms are excited and begin to emit their own light.
  • excited state
  • optically excited
  • excite atoms

That pre it pre excites the electrons in the atoms coming in.

Examples

  • So now we're using photons to excite electrons to generate photons.

  • Electromagnetic induction of a coil is used in the design to excite the active tag.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Waves of energy that excite the eye.

    X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)

  • So it was possible to use those lights to excite this glow in the dark effect.

  • Air and water molecules in the gap are excited into charge-carrying ions.

    Academic text (2004)

  • So photons are the bundles of light, which are what you get when you excite the electromagnetic field.

  • Turns out that a molecule called the cyanogen radical gets excited by exposure to microwaves.

    Academic text (2003)

  • But the photon energies that you need to excite the atoms in the Ruby crystal is like that pink line there.

  • Ultraviolet light emitted by the mercury excites an appropriate phosphor in the immediate proximity of the subpixel.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The laser light is used to excite the atoms, raising them to a higher energy level.

Synonyms

to energize
vsto excite
  • US
30 4.7

To give more energy to something, for example with electricity or light

is a technical, specific action to make a magnetic field or raise atomic energy

How Energetic

to overexcite
  • Specialized
8.1
to ionize
  • Specialized
15 7.2
to excite
  • Specialized
1 8.6
to energize
  • US
30 4.7

Surface Forms

excite infinitive
excited past
excited past participle
exciting present participle
excites third person singular

Morphology

excite = cite (opaque) = ex + cite

The technical sense 'to raise to a higher energy level' is not inferable from 'cite' and thus is opaque despite historical composition.

Etymology

Excite comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and citare 'to move', which gave the idea 'set in motion'. So in physics to excite an atom or an electromagnet is to make it move to a higher energy state or start working, following the same idea of 'making move'.