activation
/ˌæktɪˈveɪʃn̩/US/ˌæktəˈveɪʃən/
activation noun: making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity.
Noun
activation (countable and uncountable, plural activations)
- Making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity.
- Alarm activations cause the driver to have to stop the train - and in some cases walk back to reset it. The activations caused 1,032 minutes of delays and nine cancellations.2021 November 3, “Network News: GA suffers cancellations and delays caused by alarm activations”, in RAIL, number 943, page 17
- The process of making a radioisotope by bombarding a stable element with neutrons or protons.
- The process by which molecules are made able to react.
- The promotion of a brand through an event or campaign.
- using shopper activation to convert shoppers into buyers
activation meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
activation in Tamil
- இயக்கல், ஏவப்படுகை, ஏவல், செயலூக்கம், வினையூக்கம், கிளர்வுறுதல்
activation in Urdu
- مُتحَرَک کاری, سرگرمی
activation in Bengali
- অ্যাক্টিভেশন, সক্রিয়করণ, তৎপরতা
activation in Malayalam
- ത്വരിതപ്പെടുത്തൽ, പ്രവർത്തന നിരതമാക്കൽ, പ്രാത്സാഹിപ്പിക്കൽ, ഉത്സാഹപ്പെടുത്തുക, റേഡിയോ ആക്റ്റീവാക്കുക, പ്രയോഗക്ഷമമാക്കുക
More languagesFewer languages
- activation in Kannada
- ಕ್ರಿಯಾಶೀಲಗೊಳಿಸುವಿಕೆ
- activation in Tagalog
- sabilos
- activation in Indonesian
- pengaktifan, aktivasi
- activation in Vietnamese
- kích hoạt
Examples of activation in a sentence
- Calcium bursts would increase spermatozoa motility, where cholesterol would decapacitate spermatozoa, so preventing untimely activation.
- Every time I look at those abs I get a neuron activation.
- Transvection effects include both activation and silencing.
Forms of activation
| plural | activations |
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Origin of activation
From active or activate + -ation
Words formed from activation
- 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
Phrases with activation
Words that rhyme with activation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about activation
- What does activation mean?
- Activation means making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity.
- What is activation in Tamil?
- Activation in Tamil is இயக்கல், ஏவப்படுகை, ஏவல். See Activation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is activation?
- Activation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce activation?
- Activation is pronounced /ˌæktɪˈveɪʃn̩/ (UK).
- What is the plural of activation?
- The plural of activation is activations.
Words near activation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: activation (page history and authors); activation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); activation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); activation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); activation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); activation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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