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adjective
activated  adj.  
1.
(Sewage treatment) Treated with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition; of sewage
2.
(Physics) Made reactive or more reactive; of e.g. a molecule
Synonyms: activated, excited
3.
Rendered active; as e.g. radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive
Synonyms: activated
4.
(Military) set up and placed on active assignment "A newly activated unit"
Synonyms: activated





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"Activated" Quotes from Famous Books



... announcement, Alan activated the autopilot and nudged the button that transformed his seat into a protective acceleration cradle. His seat dropped down, and Alan found himself stretched out, swinging gently back and forth in ...
— Starman's Quest • Robert Silverberg
... the same language as the relative handful of trained men who built and operated the unbelievably intricate robomachinery which activated and maintained the complex ...
— DP • Arthur Dekker Savage
... glowed like a coal of fire; all around were the green pinpricks of light that showed the position of other bodies around us. The Kabit, while comparatively close, was just barely visible; her bulk was so small that it only faintly activated the super-radio reflex plates upon the ...
— The Terror from the Depths • Sewell Peaslee Wright
... The change in the tannin results in the white (criollo) beans becoming brown and the purple (forastero) beans becoming tinged with brown. The action resembles the browning of a freshly-cut apple, and has been shown to be due to oxygen (activated by an oxidase, a ferment encouraging combination with oxygen) acting on the astringent colourless substance, which, like the photographic developer, pyrogallic acid, becomes brown ...
— Cocoa and Chocolate - Their History from Plantation to Consumer • Arthur W. Knapp


Words linked to "Activated" :   military machine, activated carbon, active, armed services, war machine, natural philosophy, physics, military, excited, activated charcoal, armed forces


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