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ac⋅tiv⋅i⋅ty
[ak-tiv-i-tee]
–noun, plural -ties.
| 1. | the state or quality of being active: There was not much activity in the stock market today. He doesn't have enough physical activity in his life. |
| 2. | a specific deed, action, function, or sphere of action: social activities. |
| 3. | work, esp. in elementary grades at school, that involves direct experience by the student rather than textbook study. |
| 4. | energetic activity; animation; liveliness. |
| 5. | a use of energy or force; an active movement or operation. |
| 6. | normal mental or bodily power, function, or process. |
| 7. | Physical Chemistry. the capacity of a substance to react, corrected for the loss of reactivity due to the interaction of its constituents. |
| 8. | Physics.
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| 9. | an organizational unit or the function it performs. |
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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.
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Language Translation for : activity
Spanish:
actividad,
German:
Aktivität,
Japanese:
活気
activity
- The amount of relative trading volume in a security.
Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
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Main Entry: ac·tiv·i·ty
Pronunciation: ak-'tiv-&t-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
1 : natural or normal function: as a : a process (as digestion) that an organism carries on or participates in by virtue of being alive b : a similar process actually orpotentially involving mental function; specifically : an educational procedure designed to stimulate learning by firsthand experience
2 : the characteristic ofacting chemically or of promoting a chemical reaction
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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activity ac·tiv·i·ty (āk-tĭv'ĭ-tē)
n.
- A physiological process.
- The presence of neurogenic electrical energy in electroencephalography..
- An ideal concentration for which the law of mass action will apply perfectly.
- The intensity of a radioactive source.
- The ability to take part in a chemical reaction.
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