activation verb
ac·ti·vate
The verb form of activation is activate
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- 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