ACTIVATOR
Dictionary entry overview: What does activator mean?
• ACTIVATOR (noun)
The noun ACTIVATOR has 1 sense:
1. (biology) any agency bringing about activation; a molecule that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that increases the production of a gene product in DNA transcription
Familiarity information: ACTIVATOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ACTIVATOR (noun)
Meaning:
(biology) any agency bringing about activation; a molecule that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that increases the production of a gene product in DNA transcription
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("activator" is a kind of...):
matter; substance (that which has mass and occupies space)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "activator"):
activating agent ((mineral extraction) a surface-active chemical used in flotation process to increase the attraction to a specific mineral)
accelerator; catalyst ((chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected)
sensitiser; sensitizer ((chemistry) a substance other than a catalyst that facilitates the start of a catalytic reaction)
Antonym:
inhibitor (a substance that retards or stops an activity)
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