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activation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun activation has 3 senses
- activation(n = noun.process) Array - stimulation of activity in an organism or chemical; Array has particulars: indweller
- activation(n = noun.act) activating, energizing - the activity of causing to have energy and be active; Array is a kind of activity
- activation(n = noun.act) Array - making active and effective (as a bomb); Array is a kind of beginning, commencement, start
is a kind of stimulation
Derived forms verb activate5, verb activate4, verb activate3, verb activate1
Antonym: inactivation
has particulars: electrification, animation, invigoration, vivification
Derived form verb activate2
Antonym: deactivation
CIDE DICTIONARY
activation, n.
- the process of making active. [WordNet 1.5]
- making active and effective (as a bomb). [1913 Webster]"certain devices, as bombs or artillery shells, are designed to be unable to operate until a specific action (activation or arming) is taken to make them operable." [WordNet 1.5]
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