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activation

activation

English

Noun

activation ‎(plural activations)

Making active and effective.
(physics) The process of making a radioisotope by bombarding a stable element with neutrons or protons.
(biochemistry) The process through which molecules are made able to react.

Derived terms

activation record

Translations

making active

Bulgarian: активи́ране n ‎(aktivírane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 激活 (zh) ‎(jīhuó)
Esperanto: aktivigo, funkciigo
Finnish: aktivointi (fi), aktivaatio
French: activation (fr) f
German: Aktivierung f, Aktivieren n
Hungarian: aktiválás (hu)

Icelandic: virkjun f pl
Norman: activisâtion f
Portuguese: ativação f
Russian: актива́ция (ru) f ‎(aktivácija), активиза́ция (ru) f ‎(aktivizácija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: aktivácija (sh) f
Spanish: activación (es) f
Tagalog: sabilos

process through which molecules are made able to react

French: activation (fr)
Italian: attivazione (it)
Portuguese: ativação

Spanish: activación (es)
Tagalog: sabilos

Anagrams

cavitation

French

Etymology

activer ‎(“to activate”) +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ak.ti.va.sjɔ̃/

Noun

activation f ‎(plural activations)

activation