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reactive

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Word definitions for reactive in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Reactive may refer to: Generally, capable of having a reaction (disambiguation) Reactive mind Reactivity (chemistry)

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1712, from react + -ive . Related: Reactively ; reactiveness ; reactivity .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Reactive \Re*act"ive\ (r[-e]*[a^]kt"[i^]v), a. [Cf. F. r['e]actif.] Having power to react; tending to reaction; of the nature of reaction. -- Re*act"ive*ly , adv. -- Re*act"ive*ness , n.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. participating readily in reactions; "sodium is a reactive metal"; "free radicals are very reactive" [ant: unreactive ] tending to react to a stimulus; "the skin of the geriatric is less reactive than that of younger persons"- Louis Tuft

Usage examples of reactive.

THEN Kark Al quickly took down from the rack beside the row of space-suits, a hand-rocket-a small affair whose reactive push was enough to move several people in the void.

Then Kark Al quickly took down from the rack beside the row of spacesuits, a hand-rocket - a small affair whose reactive push was enough to move several people in the void.

Then Kark Al quickly took down from the rack beside the row of spacesuits, a hand-rocket -- a small affair whose reactive push was enough to move several people in the void.

Within this infinite variety of experiences, however, there are two basic paths, which Kabbalah calls proactive and reactive.

Possible complications include Dys thymia depressive neurosis, Major Depression, Psychoactive Substance Abuse, and psychotic disorders such as Brief Reactive Psychosis.

Aluminum was added to an oxide of another, less reactive metal, such as chromium, manganese, vanadium, tungsten, or molybdenum.

The hydronium ions came in a sudden wave, catching the dividing cells off-guard Buffer systems were mobilized to neutralize some of the initial reactive particles, but there were too many to combat.

The racks holding the barrels swayed slightly as I landed and pushed off again, little glowing spits and spats of thick reactive paint spraying behind me as lead chewed the air.

Its underside glowed with reactive paint, and I could see the metal cage on top where the operator would guide the AI deck through manipulating the dangling tentacles of crabhooks to pick up five racks at a time and transport them to the staging area.

It is the breakdown of this regime or the rise of new and as yet unbowed adversaries that leads to the reactive use of force.

The difference is that covalent chlorine is more reactive, it has these big electron clouds that can fuck up your chromosomes.

Dozens of those heretofore un-fucking-heard-of super-Dreadnought ships had turned up when the incursionary force had been expecting no more than a handful - at most - of the standard ones, the models without the reactive mirror armour, the plasma engines and the wideband lasers.

Will is a modifier capable of altering the spatiotemporal activity of the neuronal network by exerting fields of analogue-predilection that become effective via the reactive properties of the vital cortex.

She and Anchee are both covered in dust loaded with highly reactive superoxides that can tear apart any organic molecule.

That they do not have reactive psychoses and do not suffer from psychotic microepisodes under stress.