excitern.
/ᵻkˈsʌɪtə/, /ɛkˈsʌɪtə/, U.S. /ɪkˈsaɪdər/, /ɛkˈsaɪdər/ 1. One who, or that which, excites; †an instigator.
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the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > one who incites or instigates
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the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > [noun] > one who or that which excites
fermentc1420
exciter1617
incendiary1628
electrifier1791
excitor1814
animation1817
shocker1824
hair-raiser1897
heartthrobber1903
heart-stopper1906
sizzler1942
turn-on1969
G-spot1983
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VIII. 267 Lewelynes broþer David..þat was exciter [L. incentor] of all þis woo.
c1400 Test. Love (1560) i. 277/2 Excitours to the matters were so painted and coloured, that etc.
1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. ii. ix. 360 He would haue relligion to be..an exciter..of our reuerence to Saints.
1795 Hist. in Ann. Reg. 89 Exciters of the insurrection.
1812 T. J. Hogg Life Shelley (1858) II. 58 The personal exciter and strengthener of my virtuous habits.
1862 R. H. Patterson Ess. Hist. & Art 325 I am simply looking upon War as the strongest exciter of the human mind.
2. Medicine. An excitant; a stimulant.
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1832 in N. Webster Dict. Eng. Lang. ; whence in mod. Dicts.
3. An apparatus to produce excitation (excitation n. 4); a machine, as a small auxiliary dynamo, used to energize the field magnets of a dynamo; a device to charge the plates of an electrostatic generator; a sparking device to generate electric waves. Also attributive.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric charge, electricity > [noun] > process of charging > producer
replenisher1867
exciter1885
electrifier1906
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > dynamo > [noun] > magnet > machine energizing
exciter1885
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > generator > [noun] > apparatus producing excitation
exciter1930
1885 W. Garnett Physicists 318 The idea which occurred to Siemens, Varley, and Wheatstone was to use the whole, or a part, of the current produced by the armature to excite its own electro-magnet, and thus to dispense with the magneto-electric machine which served as the separate exciter.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 592/2 A small auxiliary continuous-current dynamo, called an exciter.
1930 Engineering 24 Jan. 97/2 The generator is of the standard vertical-shaft type with direct connected exciter.
1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 314/1 Exciter lamp, the electric lamp for providing the light to be modulated for recording sound photographically on a sound-track, or the light-source for modulation by the sound-track in the sound-head of a projector.
1959 Times 16 Oct. 15/5 The exciters are gear-driven from the generator shaft.
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