reactive
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹiːˈæktɪv/
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- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ɹiˈæktɪv/
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- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɹiːˈæktɪv/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɹiːˈɛktəv/
- Rhymes: -æktɪv
Adjective
reactive (comparative more reactive, superlative most reactive)
- That reacts or responds to a stimulus.
- (chemistry) That readily takes part in reactions.
- francium is the most reactive of the alkali metals.
- (electronics) Characterized by induction or capacitance rather than resistance.
- Reacting to the past rather than anticipating the future, not predictive.
Antonyms
Derived terms
- adrenoreactive
- alloreactive
- aminoreactive
- antireactive
- autoreactive
- bioreactive
- C-reactive protein
- crossreactive
- hyperreactive
- hyporeactive
- immunofluororeactive
- immunoreactive
- monoreactive
- multireactive
- neuroreactive
- nonreactive
- nonreactively
- normoreactive
- over-reactive
- overreactive
- photoreactive
- polyreactive
- reactive armor
- reactive armour
- reactive arthritis
- reactive attachment disorder
- reactive centre
- reactive depression
- reactive distillation
- reactive dye
- reactive homeostasis
- reactive hyperemia
- reactive hypoglycemia
- reactive intermediate
- reactive ion etching
- reactive load
- reactively
- reactive lymphocyte
- reactive mind
- reactiveness
- reactive oxygen species
- reactive power
- reactive programming
- reactive schizophrenia
- reactive search
- reactivity
- seroreactive
- subreactive
- thermoreactive
- unreactive
- vasoreactive
- xenoreactive
Translations
(in chemistry) able to react
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Anagrams
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reaɡˈtibe/ [re.aɣ̞ˈt̪i.β̞e]
- Rhymes: -ibe
- Syllabification: re‧ac‧ti‧ve
Verb
reactive
- inflection of reactivar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative