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activated

Pronunciation:  'aktiv`eytud

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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  (military) set up and placed on active assignment; "a newly activated unit"
  2. [adj]  rendered active; e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive
  3. [adj]  (physics) of e.g. a molecule; made reactive or more reactive
  4. [adj]  (of sewage) treated with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition
 
 Synonyms: active, excited, reactive, treated
 

 

 

 

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