Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The state of being active.
- noun Energetic action or movement; liveliness.
- noun A specified pursuit in which a person partakes.
- noun An educational process or procedure intended to stimulate learning through actual experience.
- noun The intensity of a radioactive source.
- noun The ability to take part in a chemical reaction.
- noun A physiological process.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In. psychology, a self-determination of mental process, experienced or inferred, especially characteristic of the conative consciousness.
- noun The state of action; doing.
- noun Activeness; the quality of acting promptly and energetically.
- noun An exercise of energy or force; an active movement or operation; a mode or course of action.
- noun In physical, a term introduced by Sir William Thomson as an equivalent of “rate of doing work,” or the rate per unit of time at which energy is given out by a working system.
- noun A physical or gymnastic exercise; an agile performance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state or quality of being
active ;nimbleness ;agility ;vigorous action oroperation ;energy ; activeforce ; as, anincreasing variety ofhuman activities . - noun something done as an
action or amovement - noun something done for
pleasure orentertainment , especially one involving movement or an excursion. - noun Use (of internet, playstation, bank account etc.)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
- noun an organic process that takes place in the body
- noun the state of being active
- noun the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically
- noun (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction
- noun any specific behavior
Etymologies
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Examples
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For of what could a non-spiritual activity consist, an _activity of nature_, when we have no other knowledge of activity save as spiritual, and of spirituality save as activity?
Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic Benedetto Croce 1909
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Further, it is not the name or character of an activity which determines whether it is play for the participant, but _his attitude toward the activity_.
The Mind and Its Education George Herbert Betts 1901
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Not in passivity [the passive affects], but in activity, lie the evil and the good of the rational social animal, just as his virtue and his vice lie not in passivity, but in activity (IX.
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Since all brain activity is a combination of chemical and/or electrical reactions, who draws the line to say that this activity is a chemical imbalance?
Intermittent Explosive Disorder – An illness or just bad behavior? — Meandering Passage 2006
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How to distinguish between a mandate coupled with a fine or penalty and a general income tax that allows for credits for certain activity is an interesting conceptual question.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Quick Response to Randy on the Use of “Unprecedented” 2010
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Brain activity is repressed in stressful settings.
Steve Nelson: Waiting For Superman? Don't Hold Your Breath Steve Nelson 2010
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Brain activity is repressed in stressful settings.
Steve Nelson: Waiting For Superman? Don't Hold Your Breath Steve Nelson 2010
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How to distinguish between a mandate coupled with a fine or penalty and a general income tax that allows for credits for certain activity is an interesting conceptual question.
The Volokh Conspiracy » In What Sense is the Personal Health Insurance Mandate “Unconstitutional”? 2010
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TV brain activity is not the same as "reading a book" activity.
cable connection 2008
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TV brain activity is not the same as "reading a book" activity.
cable connection 2008
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May 2, 2008