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adjective

activated adj.

(Sewage treatment) Treated with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition; of sewage

(Physics) Made reactive or more reactive; of e.g. a molecule

Synonyms: activated, excited

Rendered active; as e.g. radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive

Synonyms: activated

(Military) set up and placed on active assignment "A newly activated unit"

Synonyms: activated

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Etymology of 'Activated'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... 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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