励れい起き状じょう態たい

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Meanings

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excited state

Physics term for a state of a system (atom, molecule, nucleus, etc.) with energy higher than the ground state.

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When an atom absorbs a photon, it transitions to an excited state.

励れい起き状じょう態たいの寿じゅ命みょうは非ひ常じょうに短みじかいことが多おおい。

The lifetime of an excited state is often very short.