excited
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- adjective
- /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/
- Specialized
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excitado
- An interesting example of a nuclear isomer is 99m Tc, an excited state of technetium-99.
- excited state
- excited atom
And if you get that frequency just right, we see the jump and the the atoms are excited, but if we don't, nothing happens.
- And if you get that frequency just right, we see the jump and the the atoms are excited, but if we don't, nothing happens.
Examples
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When energy is added, the atoms reach an excited state that enables them to form new bonds.
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The complex structure and dynamics of excited states of carotenoids have been the subject of numerous studies.
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And here is an excited state potential.
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I can create an excited state if it's only there for short time.
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The next excited state looks like this.
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If this here is the energy of the excited state within photons.
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It's an excimer, frozen in its excited state.
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As the pump pulse intensity is increased, the excited state's population oscillates.
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The appellation is usually reserved for excited nuclear states that live longer than a nanosecond.
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Known as excitons, the excited states are collective quasiparticles.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
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A substance that gives off a large amount of energy when it reacts
Made more active by heat, light, or chemicals
Very active and moving around a lot
Compounds
- Informal
A joking name for the United States used to say the country acts very excited
How Energetic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Excited comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and citare 'to move'. In science, an excited atom or electron has been 'moved' to more energy after it absorbs light, so it can later give that energy back as light.