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Activated   /ˈæktəvˌeɪtəd/  /ˈæktɪvˌeɪtɪd/   Listen
Activated

adjective
1.
(of sewage) treated with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition.
2.
(of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive.  Synonym: excited.
3.
Rendered active; e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive.
4.
(military) set up and placed on active assignment.


Activate

verb
1.
Put in motion or move to act.  Synonyms: actuate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip.  "Actuate the circuits"
2.
Make active or more active.
3.
Make more adsorptive.
4.
Aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter.  Synonym: aerate.
5.
Make (substances) radioactive.



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"Activated" Quotes from Famous Books



... Williams some time ago devised a procedure which seemed to give promise of good results. Their discovery was that when a filtrate from autolysed yeast is prepared, rich in the vitamine, and is shaken with a specially activated fuller's earth (the preparation produced by Lloyd and known as Lloyd's reagent has this power) in a proportion of 50 grams to the liter of extract the vitamine is absorbed by the earth and when the latter is filtered off it carries the vitamine with it. In their process they shake the ...
— The Vitamine Manual • Walter H. Eddy
... group of instructions perform all the in-out control and information transfer functions. If bit six (normally the Indirect Address bit) is a ONE, the computer will halt and wait for the completion pulse from the device activated. When this device delivers its completion, the computer will resume operation of ...
— Preliminary Specifications: Programmed Data Processor Model Three (PDP-3) - October, 1960 • Digital Equipment Corporation


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