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REACTIVITY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does reactivity mean?

• REACTIVITY (noun)
The noun REACTIVITY has 2 senses:

1. responsive to stimulation
2. ready susceptibility to chemical change

Familiarity information: REACTIVITY used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• REACTIVITY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Responsive to stimulation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

reactivity; responsiveness

Hypernyms ("reactivity" is a kind of...):

sensibility; sensitiveness; sensitivity ((physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reactivity"):

excitability; irritability (excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Ready susceptibility to chemical change

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("reactivity" is a kind of...):

susceptibility; susceptibleness (the state of being susceptible; easily affected)

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