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activating
(encz) | activating,aktivování |
activating
(encz) | activating,aktivující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
activating
(gcide) | activating \activating\ adj. prenom.
1. causing motion or action or change
Syn: actuating(prenominal)
[WordNet 1.5] |
activating
(gcide) | activating \activating\ n.
1. same as activation[1].
Syn: energizing, activation
[WordNet 1.5] |
activating
(wn) | activating
adj 1: causing motion or action or change [syn: activating(a),
actuating(a)]
n 1: the activity of causing to have energy and be active [syn:
energizing, activating, activation] |
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inactivating
(encz) | inactivating,vyřazující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
reactivating
(encz) | reactivating, |
reticular activating system
(encz) | reticular activating system, n: |
self-activating
(encz) | self-activating, adj: |
inactivating
(gcide) | inactivate \inactivate\ v. t. [imp. & p. p. inactivated; p.
pr. & vb. n. inactivating.]
to make inactive; as, boiling will inactivate most enzymes;
acetylation of the antibiotic inactivated it.
Syn: deactivate.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Note: To inactivate an enzyme or chemical usually renders it
permanently inactive; to inactivate a machine (as by
turning a switch) may be reversible, and for machines
and devices, the term deactivate is usually used. The
distinction is worth preserving.
[PJC] |
self-acting self-activating self-moving self-regulating
(gcide) | Automatic \Au`to*mat"ic\, Automatical \Au`to*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf.
F. automatique. See Automaton.]
1. Having an inherent power of action or motion.
[1913 Webster]
Nothing can be said to be automatic. --Sir H. Davy.
[1913 Webster]
2. Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature
of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under
fixed conditions; operating with minimal human
intervention; -- esp. applied to machinery or devices in
which certain things formerly or usually done by hand are
done by the machine or device itself; as, the automatic
feed of a lathe; automatic gas lighting; an automatic
engine or switch; an automatic mouse; an automatic
transmission. The opposite of manual.
Note: Narrower terms are: {autoloading(prenominal),
semiautomatic ; {automated, machine-controlled,
machine-driven ; {self-acting, self-activating,
self-moving, self-regulating ; {self-locking ;
{self-winding . Also See: mechanical.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
3. (Physiol.) Not voluntary; not depending on the will;
mechanical; controlled by the autonomic nervous system;
without conscious control; as, automatic movements or
functions. The opposite of voluntary.
Syn: reflex(prenominal), reflexive,involuntary
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
Unconscious or automatic reasoning. --H. Spenser.
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4. like the unthinking functioning of a machine. an automatic
`thank you'
Syn: automaton-like, automatonlike, machinelike,
machine-like, robotlike.
[WordNet 1.5]
Automatic arts, such economic arts or manufacture as are
carried on by self-acting machinery. --Ure.
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activating agent
(wn) | activating agent
n 1: (mineral extraction) a surface-active chemical used in
flotation process to increase the attraction to a specific
mineral |
reticular activating system
(wn) | reticular activating system
n 1: the network in the reticular formation that serves an
alerting or arousal function [syn: {reticular activating
system}, RAS] |
self-activating
(wn) | self-activating
adj 1: designed to activate or move or regulate itself; "a self-
activating sprinkler system" [syn: self-acting, {self-
activating}, self-moving, self-regulating] |
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