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excitation

[ek-sahy-tay-shuhn, -si-] / ˌɛk saɪˈteɪ ʃən, -sɪ- /


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The researchers connected their thorium excitation apparatus to a conventional optical atomic clock, demonstrating that the nuclei could serve as a highly precise timekeeping reference.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Its genome was enriched with genes involved in digestion, heart contraction and muscle excitation.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Under normal conditions, each photon produces only one spin-singlet exciton after excitation.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2026

Simulations indicated no significant enhancement at the excitation wavelength, and experiments using different pump wavelengths consistently produced the strongest emission at the same cavity depth.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 24, 2026

Mr. Gitney and Mr. Sharpe sat across from us, clearly disordered by an excitation of nerves almost as extreme as my own.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson


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