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actitis macularia |
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activated
| activated carbon
| activated charcoal
| activating
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| activation
activated
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective activated has 4 senses
- activated(s = adj.all) Array - (of sewage) treated with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition; Array
- activated(s = adj.all) excited - (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive; Array
- activated(s = adj.all) Array - rendered active; e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive; Array
- activated(s = adj.all) Array - (military) set up and placed on active assignment; "a newly activated unit"
CIDE DICTIONARY
activated, adj.
- treated with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition; -- of sewage [WordNet 1.5]
- made reactive or more reactive; -- of e.g. a molecule [WordNet 1.5]
- rendered active; -- as e.g. radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive [WordNet 1.5]
- set up and placed on active assignment [WordNet 1.5]
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