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Webster 1913 Edition


Excitability

Ex-cit′a-bil′i-ty

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
excitabilité
.]
1.
The quality of being readily excited; proneness to be affected by exciting causes.
2.
(Physiol.)
The property manifested by living organisms, and the elements and tissues of which they are constituted, of responding to the action of stimulants; irritability;
as, nervous
excitability
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Excitability

EXCITABIL'ITY

,
Noun.
[from excite.] The quality of being capable of excitement; susceptibility of increased vital action by the force of stimulants.

Definition 2024


excitability

excitability

English

Noun

excitability (countable and uncountable, plural excitabilities)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being excitable
  2. (countable) A measure of how easy something is to excite