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excited(dictionary)
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excited state(medicine)
Excited Utterance(law)

excited (iou)



excited ppl adjective. M17.
[from EXCITE + -ED1.]
Of a substance, body, or device: that has been excited; magnetized; electrified; stimulated. M17.
b. Physics. Of an atom, electron, etc.: able to lose energy by emitting radiation. M17.
excited state a state of a quantized system with more energy than the ground state.
Stirred by strong emotion, agitated; characterized by excitement. M19.
E. Bowen Cecilia, strung-up, excited, not knowing where to begin. M. Frayn The excited screaming of the children playing.
excitedly adverb M19.
excitedness noun E20.