excitability

[ ik-sahy-tuh-bil-i-tee ]

/ ɪkˌsaɪ təˈbɪl ɪ ti /

the quality of being excitable.

Words nearby excitability

First recorded in 1780–90; excitable + -ity

un·ex·cit·a·bil·i·ty, noun

Rise of temperature, within limits, enhances the excitability, and therefore the positive curvature under light.
Life Movements in Plants, Volume II, 1919|Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
They prove conclusively the diurnal variation of excitability in Mimosa.
Life Movements in Plants|Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
The most trifling circumstances stimulate their excitability.
Lady Byron Vindicated|Harriet Beecher Stowe
Catching sight of the dog, the spy let himself go with a display of excitability that almost betrayed his Hunnish nationality.
A Sub and a Submarine|Percy F. Westerman

The excitability is enhanced under rising, and depressed under falling temperature.
Life Movements in Plants|Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose