activation
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /æktɪˈveɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
activation (countable and uncountable, plural activations)
- Making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity.
- (physics) The process of making a radioisotope by bombarding a stable element with neutrons or protons.
- (biochemistry) The process through which molecules are made able to react.
Derived terms
- activational
- activation analysis
- activation energy
- activationless
- activation record
- bioactivation
- CH activation
- coactivation
- cryoactivation
- health activation
- hyperactivation
- hypoactivation
- metalloactivation
- misactivation
- neuroactivation
- neutron activation analysis
- nonactivation
- overactivation
- photoactivation
- postactivation
- preactivation
- radioactivation
- reactivation
- superactivation
- transactivation
- underactivation
Translations
making active
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process through which molecules are made able to react
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ak.ti.va.sjɔ̃/
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Further reading
- “activation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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