"reactivation" meaning in English

See reactivation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: reactivations [plural]
Etymology: re- + activation Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|activation}} re- + activation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} reactivation (countable and uncountable, plural reactivations)
  1. The activation of something previously inactive or inactivated. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the activation of something previously inactive or inactivated): reaktivaatio (Finnish), uudelleenkäynnistys (Finnish), réactivation [feminine] (French), Reaktivierung [feminine] (German), reaktywacja [feminine] (Polish), reaktivering [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-reactivation-en-noun-GqbxDqR2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re-

Inflected forms

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