activation
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvusbor. Old French actifbor. Middle English actyf English active Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation ▲ English active Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English activate ▲ English -ation English -ion English activation From active or activate + -ation
- derived from -ationbor
- derived from actifbor
- derived from āctīvusbor
Definitions
Making active and effective
Making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity.
- Alarm activations cause the driver to have to stop the train - and in some cases walk back to reset it. The activations caused 1,032 minutes of delays and nine cancellations.
The process of making a radioisotope by bombarding a stable element with neutrons or…
The process of making a radioisotope by bombarding a stable element with neutrons or protons.
The process by which molecules are made able to react.
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The promotion of a brand through an event or campaign.
- using shopper activation to convert shoppers into buyers
The neighborhood
Derived
activational, activation analysis, activation energy, activation function, activationist, activationless, activation phrase, activation record, activation syndrome, alloactivation, autoactivation, biactivation, bioactivation, cat activation noise, CH activation, chemoactivation, coactivation, cryoactivation, deactivation, health activation, heteroactivation, hyperactivation, hypoactivation, immunoactivation, inactivation, mechanoactivation, metalloactivation, misactivation, multiactivation, neuroactivation, neuron activation, neutron activation analysis, nonactivation, overactivation, phosphoactivation, photoactivation, postactivation, preactivation, psychoactivation, radioactivation · +7 more
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for activation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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