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Definition of "excited state" [excited state]

  • Any state of a particle or system of particles that has a higher energy than that of its ground state (noun)

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Use "excited state" in a sentence
  • "The above purposeless movements and increased heart-action may be attributed in chief part to the excited state of the sensorium,10 and to the consequent undirected overflow, as Mr. Herbert Spencer insists, of nerve-force."
  • "Lemesle was one Sunday at Werdet's place, engaged in revising the book, when Balzac arrived in an excited state of mind, and sprang on the astonished publisher the demand that their respective positions should be legally specified in writing, and a clean sweep made which should leave him perfectly free."
  • "Whatever account should be written, respecting the present administration, in the present excited state of public feeling could not be safely received by posterity23 It would be almost certain to [be] eulogistic or defamatory."