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reactive

adj
/ɹiːˈæktɪv/UK/ɹiˈæktɪv/CA/ɹiːˈæktɪv/

Etymology

From react + -ive.

  1. derived from *h₂éǵeti✻
  2. derived from ācta
  3. derived from acte
  4. inherited from acte
  5. prefixed as react — “re + act”
  6. formed as reactive — “react + -ive”

Definitions

  1. That reacts or responds to a stimulus.

  2. That readily takes part in reactions.

    • francium is the most reactive of the alkali metals.

  3. Characterized by induction or capacitance rather than resistance.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Reacting to the past rather than anticipating the future, not predictive.

The neighborhood

Derived

adrenoreactive, alloreactive, aminoreactive, antireactive, autoreactive, bioreactive, C-reactive protein, crossreactive, hyperreactive, hyporeactive, immunofluororeactive, immunoreactive, monoreactive, multireactive, neuroreactive, nonreactive, nonreactively, normoreactive, over-reactive, overreactive, photoreactive, polyreactive, reactive armor, reactive armour, reactive arthritis, reactive attachment disorder, reactive centre, reactive depression, reactive distillation, reactive dye, reactive homeostasis, reactive hyperemia, reactive hypoglycemia, reactive intermediate, reactive ion etching, reactive load, reactively, reactive lymphocyte, reactive mind, reactiveness · +12 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at reactive. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at reactive. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at reactive

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA