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Activate
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(activates, activating, activated) If a device or process is activated, something causes it to start working. Video cameras with night vision can be activated by movement. ...a voice-activated computer. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed • activation A computer controls the activation of an air bag. N-UNCOUNT ACTIVATION see activate
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1.
verb (-vated; -vating) Date: 1626 transitive verb to make active or more active: as a. (1) to make (as molecules) reactive or more reactive (2) to convert (as a provitamin) into a biologically active derivative b. to make (a substance) radioactive c. to treat (as carbon or alumina) so as to improve adsorptive properties d. (1) to set up or formally institute (as a military unit) with the necessary personnel and equipment (2) to put (an individual or unit) on active duty intransitive verb to become active • activation noun • activator noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 make active; bring into action. 2 Chem. cause reaction in; excite (a substance, molecules, etc.). 3 Physics make radioactive. Phrases and idioms activated carbon carbon, esp. charcoal, treated to increase its adsorptive power. activated sludge aerated sewage containing aerobic bacteria. Derivatives activation n. activator n. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. активизировать 2. спец. активировать; повышать реактивную способность 3. физ. делать радиоактивным; ионизировать 4. ам. воен. зачислять в часть 5. ам. воен. сформировывать и укомплектовывать часть 6. приводить в действие, включать оборудование ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) chem.; biol. активировать 2) делать радиоактивным 3) amer.; mil. формировать и укомплектовывать ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ v 1 to make something, especially an electrical system, start working (The lock is activated by a magnetic key.) 2 technical to make a chemical action or natural process happen (The manufacture of chlorophyll is activated by sunlight.) 3 technical to make something radioactive - activation n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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