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reactive reactive definition

reactive


 
  Grep  of  noun  reactive 
  c-reactive  protein 
  reactive  depression 
  reactive  schizophrenia 
 
  Overview  of  adj  reactive 
 
  The  adj  reactive  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  reactive  --  ((chemistry  and  physics)  participating  readily  in  reactions;  "sodium  is  a  reactive  metal";  "free  radicals  are  very  reactive") 
  2.  reactive  --  (tending  to  react  to  a  stimulus;  "the  skin  of  the  geriatric  is  less  reactive  than  that  of  younger  persons"-  Louis  Tuft) 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  reactive 
 
  2  senses  of  reactive 
 
  Sense  1 
  reactive  (vs.  unreactive) 
 
  unreactive  (vs.  reactive) 
  =>  inactive 
  =>  inert,  indifferent,  neutral 
  =>  stable 
  =>  noble 
 
  Sense  2 
  reactive 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  sensitive)  ->  insensitive 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  reactive 
 
  2  senses  of  reactive 
 
  Sense  1 
  reactive  (vs.  unreactive) 
  =>  activated,  excited 
  =>  unstable 
  =>  oxidizable 
 
  Sense  2 
  reactive 
  =>  sensitive  (vs.  insensitive) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  reactive 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  reactive 
 
  reactive  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  reactive 
  reactive 
  unreactive 
 
  Overview  of  adj  reactive 
 
  The  adj  reactive  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  reactive  --  ((chemistry  and  physics)  participating  readily  in  reactions;  "sodium  is  a  reactive  metal";  "free  radicals  are  very  reactive") 
  2.  reactive  --  (tending  to  react  to  a  stimulus;  "the  skin  of  the  geriatric  is  less  reactive  than  that  of  younger  persons"-  Louis  Tuft) 



reactive definition