deexcitation

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deexcitation /Prononciation ?/

1. (Physique) Désexcitation (retour à un état non-excité, d’énergie minimale).
   • The cross sections for the deexcitation of He(2 ³S), He(2 ¹S), and He(2 ¹P) by SiH₄ and GeH₄ have been measured and compared with those for the deexcitation by CH₄. — (H. Yoshida et al., Cross sections for deexcitation of He(2³S, 2¹S and 2¹P) by SiH₄ and GeH₄, Chemical physics letters, 1991)
   • Excitation and deexcitation are fundamental phenomena in the electrophysiology of excitable cells. — (A. Pumir et al., Deexcitation of Cardiac Cells, Biophysical Journal, juin 1998)

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• to deexcite