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ac⋅tiv⋅i⋅ty

  [ak-tiv-i-tee]
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–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.
a. the number of atoms of a radioactive substance that disintegrate per unit of time, usually expressed in curies.
b. radioactivity.
9. an organizational unit or the function it performs.
Origin:
1520–30; (< MF) < ML āctīvitās. See active, -ity

ra⋅di⋅o⋅ac⋅tiv⋅i⋅ty

  [rey-dee-oh-ak-tiv-i-tee]
–noun Physics, Chemistry.
the phenomenon, exhibited by and being a property of certain elements, of spontaneously emitting radiation resulting from changes in the nuclei of atoms of the element.
Also called activity.

Origin:
1895–1900; radio- + activity
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ac·tiv·i·ty   (āk-tĭv'ĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. ac·tiv·i·ties

  1. The state of being active.

  2. Energetic action or movement; liveliness.

    1. A specified pursuit in which a person partakes.

    2. An educational process or procedure intended to stimulate learning through actual experience.

  4. The intensity of a radioactive source.

  5. The ability to take part in a chemical reaction.

  6. A physiological process: respiratory activity.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Cultural Dictionary

radioactivity

The emission of elementary particles by some atoms when their unstable nuclei disintegrate (see half-life). Materials composed of such atoms are radioactive. (See alpha radiation, beta radiation, and gamma radiation.)

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Financial Dictionary

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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Medical Dictionary

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 activity of a catalyst>

Main Entry: ra·dio·ac·tiv·i·ty
Pronunciation: -ak-'tiv-&t-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
: the property possessed by some elements (as uranium) or isotopes (as carbon 14) of spontaneously emitting energetic particles (as electrons or alpha particles) by the disintegration of theiratomic nuclei
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Medical Dictionary

activity ac·tiv·i·ty (āk-tĭv'ĭ-tē)
n.

  1. A physiological process.

  2. The presence of neurogenic electrical energy in electroencephalography..

  3. An ideal concentration for which the law of mass action will apply perfectly.

  4. The intensity of a radioactive source.

  5. The ability to take part in a chemical reaction.

radioactivity ra·di·o·ac·tiv·i·ty (rā'dē-ō-āk-tĭv'ĭ-tē)
n.

  1. Spontaneous emission of radiation, either directly from unstable atomic nuclei or as a consequence of a nuclear reaction.

  2. The radiation, including alpha particles, nucleons, electrons, and gamma rays, emitted by a radioactive substance.

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