"activation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌæktɪˈveɪʃn̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌæktəˈveɪʃən/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-activation.wav [Southern-England] Forms: activations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvusbor. Old French actifbor. Middle English actyf English active Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation ▲ English active Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English activate ▲ English -ation English -ion English activation From active or activate + -ation Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|active|-ation|:af|activate|-ion|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvusbor. Old French actifbor. Middle English actyf English active Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation ▲ English active Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. 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  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), aktivace [feminine] (Czech), 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), activație [feminine] (Romanian), activare [feminine] (Romanian), актива́ция (aktivácija) [feminine] (Russian), активиза́ция (aktivizácija) [feminine] (Russian), aktivácija [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), aktivizácia [feminine] (Slovak), activación [feminine] (Spanish), sabilos (Tagalog), aktivasyon (Turkish), актива́ція (aktyvácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), kích hoạt (Vietnamese)
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  2. (physics) The process of making a radioisotope by bombarding a stable element with neutrons or protons. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (making radioisotope): activation (French), Aktivierung (German), attivazione (Italian), activação (Portuguese), activación (Spanish)
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  3. (biochemistry) The process by which molecules are made able to react. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (process through which molecules are made able to react): aktivaatio (Finnish), activation (French), attivazione (Italian), ativação (Portuguese), activación (Spanish), sabilos (Tagalog)
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  4. (marketing) The promotion of a brand through an event or campaign. Tags: countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: activational, activation analysis, activation energy, activation function, activationist, activationless, activation phrase, activation record, activation syndrome, alloactivation, autoactivation, biactivation, bioactivation, cat activation noise, CH activation, chemoactivation, coactivation, cryoactivation, deactivation, health activation, heteroactivation, hyperactivation, hypoactivation, immunoactivation, inactivation, mechanoactivation, metalloactivation, misactivation, multiactivation, neuroactivation, neuron activation, neutron activation analysis, nonactivation, overactivation, phosphoactivation, photoactivation, postactivation, preactivation, psychoactivation, radioactivation, reactivation, superactivation, sympathoactivation, thermoactivation, time delay toxin activation, transactivation, underactivation

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