"activation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌæktɪˈveɪʃən/ [UK], /ˌæktəˈveɪʃən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-activation.wav [Southern-England] Forms: activations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} activation (countable and uncountable, plural activations)
  1. Making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (making active): активи́ране (aktivírane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), activació [feminine] (Catalan), 激活 (jīhuó) (Chinese Mandarin), aktivigo (Esperanto), funkciigo (Esperanto), aktivointi (Finnish), aktivaatio (Finnish), activation [feminine] (French), აქტივაცია (akṭivacia) (Georgian), გააქტიურება (gaakṭiureba) (Georgian), Aktivierung [feminine] (German), Aktivieren [neuter] (German), aktiválás (Hungarian), virkjun [feminine, plural] (Icelandic), pengaktifan (Indonesian), aktivasi (Indonesian), attivazione (Italian), activisâtion [feminine] (Norman), aktywacja (Polish), uaktywnianie (Polish), ativação [feminine] (Portuguese), актива́ция (aktivácija) [feminine] (Russian), активиза́ция (aktivizácija) [feminine] (Russian), aktivácija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), activación [feminine] (Spanish), sabilos (Tagalog), aktivasyon (Turkish), актива́ція (aktyvácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), kích hoạt (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-activation-en-noun-1yvi-WTr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 36 35 9 Disambiguation of 'making active': 87 13 0 0
  2. (physics) The process of making a radioisotope by bombarding a stable element with neutrons or protons. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Translations (making radioisotope): activation (French), Aktivierung (German), attivazione (Italian), activação (Portuguese), activación (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-activation-en-noun-~-CsJP-7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 36 35 9 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'making radioisotope': 21 57 19 3
  3. (biochemistry) The process by which molecules are made able to react. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biochemistry Translations (process through which molecules are made able to react): aktivaatio (Finnish), activation (French), attivazione (Italian), ativação (Portuguese), activación (Spanish), sabilos (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-activation-en-noun-0kdbEhML Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 36 35 9 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'process through which molecules are made able to react': 5 11 77 7
  4. (marketing) The promotion of a brand through an event or campaign. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Marketing
    Sense id: en-activation-en-noun-bIFrEvF~ Topics: business, marketing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun [French]

IPA: /ak.ti.va.sjɔ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-activation.wav Forms: activations [plural]
Etymology: From activer (“to activate”) + -ation. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|activer|-ation|gloss1=to activate}} activer (“to activate”) + -ation Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} activation f (plural activations)
  1. activation Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-activation-fr-noun-sVUmycDn Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -ation

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