"reactive" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɹiːˈæktɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-reactive.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more reactive [comparative], most reactive [superlative]
Rhymes: -æktɪv Etymology: From react + -ive. Etymology templates: {{af|en|react|-ive}} react + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj}} reactive (comparative more reactive, superlative most reactive)
  1. that reacts or responds to a stimulus
    Sense id: en-reactive-en-adj-GAXhDKpv
  2. (chemistry) that readily takes part in reactions Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations ((in chemistry) able to react): реактивен (reaktiven) (Bulgarian), reactiu (Catalan), reaktiv (Danish), reaktionsdygtig (Danish), reactivo (Galician), reaktív (Hungarian), reakcióképes (Hungarian), imoibríoch (Irish), reaktiv (Norwegian Bokmål), reaktiv (Norwegian Nynorsk), reactiu (Occitan), aktywny (Polish), reactivo (Spanish), gerici (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-reactive-en-adj-AKGi4yLc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 53 24 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 7 51 21 21 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of '(in chemistry) able to react': 23 40 15 22
  3. (electronics) Characterized by induction or capacitance rather than resistance. Categories (topical): Electronics
  4. Reacting to the past rather than anticipating the future, not predictive.
    Sense id: en-reactive-en-adj-B~6Qv5IE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: C-reactive protein, crossreactive, hyperreactive, hyporeactive, normoreactive, over-reactive, reactive armor, reactive armour, reactive arthritis, reactive attachment disorder, reactive centre, reactive depression, reactive distillation, reactive dye, reactive homeostasis, reactive hyperemia, reactive hypoglycemia, reactive intermediate, reactive ion etching, reactive load, reactive lymphocyte, reactive mind, reactive oxygen species, reactive power, reactive programming, reactive schizophrenia, reactive search

Verb [Spanish]

IPA: /reaɡˈtibe/, [re.aɣ̞ˈt̪i.β̞e]
Rhymes: -ibe Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} reactive
  1. inflection of reactivar: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: reactivar
    Sense id: en-reactive-es-verb-Q4noqkTZ Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. inflection of reactivar: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: reactivar
    Sense id: en-reactive-es-verb-8OHaNcHV

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        "inflection of reactivar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
        "first/third-person singular present subjunctive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reactivar",
          "reactivar#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of reactivar:\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "reactivar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of reactivar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
        "third-person singular imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reactivar",
          "reactivar#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of reactivar:\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/reaɡˈtibe/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[re.aɣ̞ˈt̪i.β̞e]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ibe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "reactive"
}

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