reactive
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹiːˈæktɪv/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - 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
- C-reactive protein
- crossreactive
- hyperreactive
- hyporeactive
- normoreactive
- over-reactive
- 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
- reactive lymphocyte
- reactive mind
- reactive oxygen species
- reactive power
- reactive programming
- reactive schizophrenia
- reactive search
Translations
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
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