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reactive

re·ac·tive
R r

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ree-ak-tiv]
    • /riˈæk tɪv/
    • /riˈæk.tɪv/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ree-ak-tiv]
    • /riˈæk tɪv/

Definitions of reactive word

  • adjective reactive tending to react. 1
  • adjective reactive pertaining to or characterized by reaction. 1
  • adjective reactive Electricity. pertaining to or characterized by reactance. 1
  • adjective reactive triggered by sth 1
  • adjective reactive tending to react or respond 1
  • adjective reactive Something that is reactive is able to react chemically with a lot of different substances. 0
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Origin of reactive

First appearance:

before 1705
One of the 50% oldest English words
First recorded in 1705-15; react + -ive

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Reactive

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Reactive

reactive popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for reactive

adj reactive

  • hypersensitive — excessively sensitive: to be hypersensitive to criticism.
  • influenceable — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.

adjective reactive

  • acknowledging — Present participle of acknowledg.
  • answering — Present participle of answer.
  • emotionable — (rare, of a person or group or of their behavior or faculties) Particularly expressive of or affected by emotion.
  • feeling — a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching: the soft feel of cotton.
All 6 Synonyms of reactive

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  • cesium

    a soft, silver-white, ductile, metallic chemical element, one of the alkali metals and the most electropositive of all the elements: it ignites in air, reacts vigorously with water, and is used in photoelectric cells: symbol, Cs; at. no., 55: a radioactive isotope (cesium-137) with a half-life of 30.17 years is a fission product and is used in cancer research, radiation therapy, etc.

  • dysprosium

    a rare-earth metallic element, highly reactive and paramagnetic, found in small amounts in various rare-earth minerals, as euxenite and monazite: used to absorb neutrons in nuclear reactors. Symbol: Dy; atomic weight: 162.50; atomic number: 66.

  • fluorine

    the most reactive nonmetallic element, a pale-yellow, corrosive, toxic gas that occurs combined, especially in fluorite, cryolite, phosphate rock, and other minerals. Symbol: F; atomic weight: 18.9984; atomic number: 9.
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