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Perturbation vs Excitation - What's the difference?

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Perturbation is a related term of excitation.


As nouns the difference between perturbation and excitation

is that perturbation is (uncountable) agitation; the state of being perturbed while excitation is the act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.

perturbation

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) Agitation; the state of being perturbed
  • (countable) A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological or economic system)
  • (countable, astronomy, physics) Variation in an orbit due to the influence of external bodies

    • excitation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.
  • The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
  • (physiology) The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation
  • (physics) The change in state as an excited state is formed by the absorption of a quantum of energy

    • Derived terms

    * excitation energy * excitation function

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