coactivation

coactivation

English

Alternative forms

  • co-activation

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin co-der.
English co-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
Proto-Italic *agō
Latin agō
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
▲
Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl.
Latin āctīvusbor.
Old French actifbor.
Middle English actyf
English active
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
▲
English active
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātuslbor.
English -ate
English activate
▲
English -ation
English -ion
English activation
English coactivation

    From co- + activation.

    Noun

    coactivation (countable and uncountable, plural coactivations)

    1. Activation of two or more things together.
      • 1987, Ronald W. Langacker, Foundations of Cognitive Grammar‎[1], page 169:
        The coactivation of A and B as the literal and figurative senses of the expression constitutes the recognition of its metaphorical nature.
    2. (genetics) A process wherein RNA transcription is increased by a coactivator protein.
    3. (medicine) The activation of one muscle coordinately with another.

    Derived terms

    • coactivational

    See also

    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.