active : Idioms & Phrases
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- active agent
- active air defense
- active application
- active birth
Active capital ,Active wealth - active citizen
- active immunity
- active matrix screen
- active placebo
- active site
- active transport
- active trust
- active voice
- be active
- highly active antiretroviral therapy
Optically active ,Optically inactive - self-active
- surface-active
- surface-active agent
active agent
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noun chemical agent capable of activity
active.
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active air defense
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noun air defense by the use aircraft or missiles or artillery or electronic countermeasures
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active application
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noun an application that is currently running and in the foreground
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active birth
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noun childbirth during which the mother is encouraged to be an active participant
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Active capital , Active wealth
- money, or property that may readily be converted into money.
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active citizen
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noun a citizen who takes an active role in the community (as in crime prevention and neighborhood watch)
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active immunity
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noun a form of acquired immunity in which the body produces its own antibodies against disease-causing antigens
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active matrix screen
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noun a type of LCD screen used for some portable computers; there is a separate circuit for each pixel
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active placebo
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noun a placebo used in experimental tests of a drug that has noticeable side effects
- an active placebo mimics the side effects of the experimental drug
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active site
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noun the part of an enzyme or antibody where the chemical reaction occurs
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active transport
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noun transport of a substance (as a protein or drug) across a cell membrane against the concentration gradient; requires an expenditure of energy
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active trust
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noun a trust in which the trustee must perform certain duties
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active voice
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noun the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
active.
- `The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice
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be active
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verb be in a state of action
move.
- she is always moving
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highly active antiretroviral therapy
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noun a combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitors; used in treating AIDS and HIV
HAART; drug cocktail.
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Optically active , Optically inactive
(Chem. Physics) , terms used of certain metameric substances which, while identical with each other in other respects, differ in this, viz., that they do or do not produce right-handed or left-handed circular polarization of light.
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self-active
Self`-ac"tive adjective
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Acting of one's self or of itself; acting without depending on other agents.
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surface-active
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adjective satellite capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid; used especially of detergents
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surface-active agent
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noun a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved
surfactant; wetter; wetting agent.