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Definition of the noun activating

What does activating mean as a name of something?

noun

1. the activity of causing to have energy and be active
   • lexical domain: Acts - nouns denoting acts or actions
   • synonyms of activating: activation / energizing
   • more generic word: activity = any specific behavior
   • more specific words:
     • electrification = the activity of thrilling or markedly exciting some person or group
     • invigoration / vivification / animation = the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something

Definition of the adjective activating

What does activating mean as an attribute of a noun?

adjective

1. causing motion or action or change
   • adjective position: attributive adjective (it occurs before the noun)
   • synonym of activating: actuating
   • similar: causative

Phrases with Activating

1. activating agent
2. reticular activating system
3. self-activating

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Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning (2011)

by Norbert M. Seel

Positive activating emotions such as enjoyment of learning are posited to (a) preserve cognitive resources and focus attention on the task, (b) promote the development of interest and intrinsic motivation, and (c) facilitate the use of flexible ...

Illustrated Dictionary of Immunology, Third Edition (2009)

by Julius M. Cruse, Robert E. Lewis

neutrophil activating peptide 2 (NAP-2) Multiple immunomodulatory activities have been attributed to these substances. neuropilin A ...

Desk Encyclopedia Animal and Bacterial Virology (2010)

by Brian W.J. Mahy, Marc H.V. van Regenmortel

ligand for the NK cell activating receptor, NKG2D, on infected cells Cytokine production enhances later immune responses such as T-cell activation and may affect DC/NK cell cross talk m152 Inhibits NK cell killing Downregulates RAE-1, ...

Encyclopedia of Cancer (2008)

by Manfred Schwab

angiogenesis, tumor progression and metastatization Plasminogen Activating System. Figure 1 Schematic representation of the major biological processes involving the plasminogen activating system.

Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience, Three-Volume Set, 1- 3 (2010)

Activating. System. (1949). Giuseppe Moruzzi was a friend and colleague of Frederic Bremer. After World War II, Moruzzi went from Pisa, Italy, to the Northwestern University in Chicago to study the motor system with the American ...

Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology Set (2015)

by Robin L. Cautin, Scott O. Lilienfeld

Thus, irrational beliefs are not necessarily associated with dysfunctional consequences; they become associated with dysfunctional consequences only if they are primed by various activating events. Rational and irrational beliefs develop ...

Dorland's Dictionary of Medical Acronyms and Abbreviations (2015)

by Dorland

PAEP progestagen-associated endometrial protein PAES popliteal artery entrapment syn-drome PAF paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; peroxisomal assembly factor; phosphodiesteraseactivating factor; plain abdominal film; platelet- activating factor ...

Encyclopedia of toxicology (2005)

Dib-L] by Philip Wexler, Bruce D. Anderson

Two other proteins are involved in determining the state of the Ras proteins: GAPs (GTPase activating proteins), which catalyze the GDP bound state; and GEFs (guanine nucleotide exchange factor), which catalyze the release of bound GDP, ...

Jablonski's Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations (2008)

by Stanley Jablonski

paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; peroxisomal assembly factor; phosphodiesterase- activating factor; plain abdominal film;platelet-activating factor;platelet- aggregating factor;pollenadherence factor; population- attributable fractions; premenstrual ...

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Quotes about Activating

Time is right, that man awaken
By fully activating “Junk DNA”
Fruit won’t fall till tree is shaken
Then “Law of One” we shall obey

ROTMS (Ray Lucero)
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Scrabble value of A₁C₃T₁I₁V₄A₁T₁I₁N₁G₂

The value of this 10-letter word is 16 points. It is included in the first and second editions of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.

Anagrams of ACTIVATING

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