ACTIVATED
Dictionary entry overview: What does activated mean?
• ACTIVATED (adjective)
The adjective ACTIVATED has 4 senses:
1. (of sewage) treated with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition
2. (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive
3. rendered active; e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive
4. set up and placed on active assignment
Familiarity information: ACTIVATED used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• ACTIVATED (adjective)
Meaning:
(of sewage) treated with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition
Similar:
treated (subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent)
Meaning:
(of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive
Synonyms:
activated; excited
Similar:
reactive (participating readily in reactions)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physical science; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Meaning:
Rendered active; e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive
Similar:
active (exerting influence or producing a change or effect)
Meaning:
Set up and placed on active assignment
Context example:
a newly activated unit
Similar:
active (engaged in full-time work)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
