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aansporing — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • excitation noun The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.
  • incentive noun Something that motivates or encourages a particular action.
  • incitement noun A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.
  • instigation noun The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness.

Senses

aansporing is used for these senses in English:

  • excitation The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
  • incentive Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.
  • incitement A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.
  • instigation The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness.

excitation — full definition

  1. noun The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.
  2. noun The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
  3. noun The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation.
  4. noun A transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule to an excited state by the absorption of a quantum of energy; the opposite of relaxation.

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