Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective causing motion or action or change.
- noun same as activation{1}.
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- verb Present participle of
activate .
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- adjective causing motion or action or change
- noun the activity of causing to have energy and be active
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Examples
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As part of the Cape Farewell crew of artists and scientists working together to develop a cultural response to climate change, he is interested in activating a broader awareness of climate issues.
Beth Kapusta: DJ Spooky at Monaco Glacier Beth Kapusta 2010
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About a week and half after reaching the commissioning orbit we will begin activating the remaining instruments and start calibrating them.
NASA ESMD PAO Statement Regarding Release of LRO Imagery - NASA Watch 2009
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About a week and half after reaching the commissioning orbit we will begin activating the remaining instruments and start calibrating them.
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As part of the Cape Farewell crew of artists and scientists working together to develop a cultural response to climate change, he is interested in activating a broader awareness of climate issues.
Beth Kapusta: DJ Spooky at Monaco Glacier Beth Kapusta 2010
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About a week and half after reaching the commissioning orbit we will begin activating the remaining instruments and start calibrating them.
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There is reason to counter that such charges often oversimplify what each of them means by rational activity as well as the large share that both grant to passion in activating, directing, and facilitating rational enquiry.
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A drug that blocked the gene throughout the body would compromise its critical — and normal — role in activating the immune system.
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So here we have two people now who took an active part in activating the students, Mashinini and Koka, left the country and left the work to you and others.
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976 2005
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One thing that may not be part of my own Dean wrap up is fervent appreciation for his success in 'activating the Democratic base', I'm afraid.
United we stand... 2004
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One thing that may not be part of my own Dean wrap up is fervent appreciation for his success in 'activating the Democratic base', I'm afraid.
Archive 2004-02-01 2004
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