Meanings
noundisexcitation (countable and uncountable, plural disexcitations)
plural disexcitations
- countableuncountablenatural sciencesThe change in state of an excited state as it loses a quantum of energy.
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Origin
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Englishexcitation
- Englishdisexcitation
From dis- + excitation.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Italian diseccitazione
- diseccitazionechange in state
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APA
disexcitation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disexcitation
MLA
“disexcitation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disexcitation. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disexcitation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disexcitation.
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