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noun
- A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.
adjective (WikiSaurus?-link, active)
- Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; — opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.
- Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal.
- In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; — opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct.
active laws
active hostilities
an active volcano
- Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; — opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal.
- Requiring or implying action or exertion; — opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.
- Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; — opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.
- Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.
- Implying or producing rapid action.
an active disease
an active remedy
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(grammar)
- Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice.
- Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
- Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
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(italbrac, gay sexual slang)
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(italbrac, of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner
- such a role in anal sex
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noun
- Something that actuates something else, especially a mechanism that causes a device to be switched on or off
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The mind is the of the body
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(computing) The mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive
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(electrical) A relay that controls the flow of electricity
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verb Transitive verb:
- To form in line; to fall into line.
- To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line
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(intransitive) To adhere oneself with a group or a way of thinking
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initialism
- (Sometimes lower case) From Latin ante meridiem, meaning "before noon (12:00)".
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See also: A.M.
- Amplitude Modulation
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Contrasted with FM
- Assembly Member, a title similar to MP, placed after the name of a Member of the Welsh National Assembly.
- Artium Magister or Master of Arts
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noun
- The opposite of a cathode, an anode.
- The target at which electrons from the cathode in a CRT or x-ray tube are directed.
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verb (attenuat, ing)
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(transitive) To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree
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(transitive) To weaken
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(transitive) To rarefy
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(transitive) To reduce the virulence of a bacteria or virus
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(transitive) (electronics) To reduce the amplitude of an electrical signal
adjective
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(botany, of leaves) Gradually tapering into a petiole-like extension toward the base.
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