ALL meanings of activation
ac·ti·vate
A a - noun activation Making active and effective. 1
- noun activation switching on 1
- noun activation bomb, etc.: making live 1
- verb with object activation to make active; cause to function or act. 1
- verb with object activation Physics. to render more reactive; excite: to activate a molecule. to induce radioactivity. 1
- verb with object activation to aerate (sewage) in order to accelerate decomposition of impure organic matter by microorganisms. 1
- verb with object activation Chemistry. to make (carbon, a catalyst, molecules, etc.) more active. to hasten (reactions) by various means, as heating. 1
- verb with object activation to place (a military unit or station) on an active status in an assigned capacity. 1
- noun activation (physics) The process of making a radioisotope by bombarding a stable element with neutrons or protons. 0
- noun activation (biochemistry) The process through which molecules are made able to react. 0