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excitation
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noun
(= excitement)
something that agitates and arouses
he looked forward to the excitements of the day
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the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland
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(= excitement, inflammation)
the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled
he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation
quantum
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(physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory)
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a discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantities in quantum theory