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active transport

active transport noun: movement of ions or molecules across a cell membrane into a region of higher concentration, assisted by enzymes and requiring energy.

Noun

active transport (uncountable)

  1. Movement of ions or molecules across a cell membrane into a region of higher concentration, assisted by enzymes and requiring energy.
  2. (transportation planning) Walking and cycling as means of travel.

active transport meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Arabic

active transport in Tamil

உயிர்ப்புப் பெயர்ச்சி, ஆற்றல் சார் கடத்தல், கிளர்வுக் கடத்தல், உயிர்ப்பு ஊடுருவல், ஊக்க ஊடுருவல், செயல்மிகு பெயர்ச்சி

active transport in Kannada

ಸಕ್ರಿಯ ಸಾಗಣೆ

active transport in Arabic

movement across a cell membrane
نَقْل فَعَّال naql faʕʕāl

Questions about active transport

What does active transport mean?
Active transport means movement of ions or molecules across a cell membrane into a region of higher concentration, assisted by enzymes and requiring energy.
What is active transport in Tamil?
Active transport in Tamil is உயிர்ப்புப் பெயர்ச்சி, ஆற்றல் சார் கடத்தல், கிளர்வுக் கடத்தல். See Active transport meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is active transport?
Active transport is a noun.

Words near active transport in the dictionary

  1. active suffrage
  2. active time battle
  3. active time battles
  4. active timing
  5. active timings
  6. active transport
  7. active travel
  8. active vocabularies
  9. active vocabulary
  10. active voice
  11. active voices

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Adapted from Wiktionary: active transport (page history and authors); active transport (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); active transport (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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