| slovo | definícia |
inactive
(mass) | inactive
- neaktívny |
inactive
(encz) | inactive,neaktivní Milan Svoboda |
inactive
(encz) | inactive,nečinný adj: Martin Ligač |
Inactive
(gcide) | Inactive \In*ac"tive\, a. [Pref. in- not + active: cf. F.
inactif.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can
not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself,
inactive.
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2. Not disposed to action or effort; not diligent or
industrious; not busy; idle; as, an inactive officer.
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3. (Chem. & Opt.) Not exhibiting any action or activity on
polarized light; optically inactive; optically neutral;
-- said of isomeric forms of certain substances, in
distinction from other forms which are optically active;
as, racemic acid is an inactive tartaric acid.
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4. (Chem. & Biochem.) Lacking biological or biochemical
activity; not causing a specific biological or biochemical
effect; -- said of substances such as enzymes which have
lost their catalytic power, or of small molecules which
are tested for some type of biological activity and found
to lack that activity; as, after boiling for ten minutes,
the enzyme was totally inactive; the methyl analog was
inactive as an antibiotic.
[PJC]
Syn: Inert; dull; sluggish; idle; indolent; slothful; lazy.
See Inert.
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inactive
(wn) | inactive
adj 1: (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction;
chemically inert; "desired amounts of inactive chlorine"
2: (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing
slowly [ant: active]
3: (military) not involved in military operations [syn:
nonoperational, inactive] [ant: operational]
4: not exerting influence or change [ant: active]
5: (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant
volcano" [syn: dormant, inactive] [ant: active]
6: lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive
order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon
oneself"- George Meredith [syn: passive, inactive] [ant:
active]
7: lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine";
"inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery" [ant: active]
8: not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve"; "an
inactive member" [ant: active]
9: not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to
live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature" [ant:
active]
10: not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest"
[syn: inactive, motionless, static, still] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
inactive market
(encz) | inactive market, |
inactively
(encz) | inactively,neaktivně adv: lukeinactively,nečinně adv: Martin Ligač |
inactiveness
(encz) | inactiveness,nečinnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
at rest inactive motionless static still
(gcide) | nonmoving \nonmoving\ adj.
Not moving. Opposite of moving. [Narrower terms: {at rest,
inactive, motionless, static, still}; {becalmed ;
dead(prenominal), stagnant, standing(prenominal), still;
{frozen(predicate), rooted(predicate), stock-still ; {inert
; sitting ; {slack ; {stationary ; {immobile, unmoving]
Also See: immobile.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Inactive
(gcide) | Inactive \In*ac"tive\, a. [Pref. in- not + active: cf. F.
inactif.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can
not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself,
inactive.
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2. Not disposed to action or effort; not diligent or
industrious; not busy; idle; as, an inactive officer.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Chem. & Opt.) Not exhibiting any action or activity on
polarized light; optically inactive; optically neutral;
-- said of isomeric forms of certain substances, in
distinction from other forms which are optically active;
as, racemic acid is an inactive tartaric acid.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Chem. & Biochem.) Lacking biological or biochemical
activity; not causing a specific biological or biochemical
effect; -- said of substances such as enzymes which have
lost their catalytic power, or of small molecules which
are tested for some type of biological activity and found
to lack that activity; as, after boiling for ten minutes,
the enzyme was totally inactive; the methyl analog was
inactive as an antibiotic.
[PJC]
Syn: Inert; dull; sluggish; idle; indolent; slothful; lazy.
See Inert.
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inactive tartaric acid
(gcide) | mesotartaric \mes`o*tar*tar"ic\, a. [Meso- + tartaric.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid called also {inactive
tartaric acid}. It is an optically inactive stereoisomer of
tartaric acid due to internal compensation of the rotatory
activity of the two asymmetric centers; it has a plane of
symmetry in the molecule.
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inactive valeric acid
(gcide) | Valeric \Va*ler"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Valerianic; specifically, designating any one of three
metameric acids, of which the typical one (called also
inactive valeric acid), C4H9CO2H, is obtained from
valerian root and other sources, as a corrosive, mobile, oily
liquid, having a strong acid taste, and an odor of old
cheese.
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Active valeric acid, a metameric variety which turns the
plane of polarization to the right, although formed by the
oxidation of a levorotatory amyl alcohol.
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Inactively
(gcide) | Inactively \In*ac"tive*ly\, adv.
In an inactive manner. --Locke.
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optically inactive
(gcide) | Inactive \In*ac"tive\, a. [Pref. in- not + active: cf. F.
inactif.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can
not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself,
inactive.
[1913 Webster]
2. Not disposed to action or effort; not diligent or
industrious; not busy; idle; as, an inactive officer.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Chem. & Opt.) Not exhibiting any action or activity on
polarized light; optically inactive; optically neutral;
-- said of isomeric forms of certain substances, in
distinction from other forms which are optically active;
as, racemic acid is an inactive tartaric acid.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Chem. & Biochem.) Lacking biological or biochemical
activity; not causing a specific biological or biochemical
effect; -- said of substances such as enzymes which have
lost their catalytic power, or of small molecules which
are tested for some type of biological activity and found
to lack that activity; as, after boiling for ten minutes,
the enzyme was totally inactive; the methyl analog was
inactive as an antibiotic.
[PJC]
Syn: Inert; dull; sluggish; idle; indolent; slothful; lazy.
See Inert.
[1913 Webster]Optically \Op"tic*al*ly\, adv.
1. By optics or sight.
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2. With reference to optics.
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Optically active, Optically inactive (Chem. Physics),
terms used of certain isomeric substances which, while
identical with each other in other respects, differ in
this, viz., that they do or do not produce right-handed or
left-handed circular polarization of light. See {optical
activity}.
Optically positive, Optically negative. See under
Refraction.
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Optically inactive
(gcide) | Inactive \In*ac"tive\, a. [Pref. in- not + active: cf. F.
inactif.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can
not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself,
inactive.
[1913 Webster]
2. Not disposed to action or effort; not diligent or
industrious; not busy; idle; as, an inactive officer.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Chem. & Opt.) Not exhibiting any action or activity on
polarized light; optically inactive; optically neutral;
-- said of isomeric forms of certain substances, in
distinction from other forms which are optically active;
as, racemic acid is an inactive tartaric acid.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Chem. & Biochem.) Lacking biological or biochemical
activity; not causing a specific biological or biochemical
effect; -- said of substances such as enzymes which have
lost their catalytic power, or of small molecules which
are tested for some type of biological activity and found
to lack that activity; as, after boiling for ten minutes,
the enzyme was totally inactive; the methyl analog was
inactive as an antibiotic.
[PJC]
Syn: Inert; dull; sluggish; idle; indolent; slothful; lazy.
See Inert.
[1913 Webster]Optically \Op"tic*al*ly\, adv.
1. By optics or sight.
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2. With reference to optics.
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Optically active, Optically inactive (Chem. Physics),
terms used of certain isomeric substances which, while
identical with each other in other respects, differ in
this, viz., that they do or do not produce right-handed or
left-handed circular polarization of light. See {optical
activity}.
Optically positive, Optically negative. See under
Refraction.
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inactiveness
(wn) | inactiveness
n 1: the state of being inactive [syn: inaction, inactivity,
inactiveness] [ant: action, activeness, activity]
2: a disposition to remain inactive or inert; "he had to
overcome his inertia and get back to work" [syn:
inactiveness, inactivity, inertia] [ant: activeness,
activity] |
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