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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Activity \Ac*tiv"i*ty\, n.; pl {Activities}. [Cf. F. activit['e], LL activitas.] The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as an increasing variety of human activities. ``The activity of toil.'' --Palfrey. Syn: Liveliness; briskness; quickness. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: activity n 1: any specific activity or pursuit; "they avoided all recreational activity" [ant: {inactivity}] 2: the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action" [syn: {action}, {activeness}] [ant: {inaction}, {inaction}, {inaction}] 3: an organic process that takes place in the body; "respiratory activity" [syn: {bodily process}, {body process}, {bodily function}] 4: (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction; "catalytic activity" 5: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity" [syn: {natural process}, {natural action}, {action}] 6: radiation resulting from radioactive decay [syn: {radioactivity}] 7: the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically; "the level of activity declines with age" [syn: {activeness}] [ant: {inactiveness}]
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