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transactivation

transactivation noun: the activation of something by another entity that has a spatial relationship with it.

Noun

transactivation (plural transactivations)

  1. The activation of something by another entity that has a spatial relationship with it
  2. The activation of a gene by the presence of another at a different locus, especially following infection by a virus

Forms of transactivation

pluraltransactivations

Origin of transactivation

From trans- + activation.

Questions about transactivation

What does transactivation mean?
Transactivation means the activation of something by another entity that has a spatial relationship with it.
What part of speech is transactivation?
Transactivation is a noun.
What is the plural of transactivation?
The plural of transactivation is transactivations.

Words near transactivation in the dictionary

  1. transactions
  2. transactivate
  3. transactivated
  4. transactivates
  5. transactivating
  6. transactivation
  7. transactivational
  8. transactivations
  9. transactivator
  10. transactivators
  11. transactivatory

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