reactive

See also: réactivé, réactive, and reactivé

English

Etymology

From react +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈæktɪv/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æktɪv

Adjective

reactive (comparative more reactive, superlative most reactive)

1. That reacts or responds to a stimulus.
2. (chemistry) That readily takes part in reactions.

   francium is the most reactive of the alkali metals.

3. (electronics) Characterized by induction or capacitance rather than resistance.
4. Reacting to the past rather than anticipating the future, not predictive.

Antonyms

• proactive

Derived terms

• C-reactive protein
• crossreactive
• hyperreactive
• hyporeactive
• normoreactive
• over-reactive
• reactive armor
• reactive armour
• reactive arthritis
• reactive attachment disorder
• reactive centre
• reactive depression
• reactive distillation
• reactive dye
• reactive homeostasis
• reactive hyperemia
• reactive hypoglycemia
• reactive intermediate
• reactive ion etching
• reactive load
• reactive lymphocyte
• reactive mind
• reactive oxygen species
• reactive power
• reactive programming
• reactive schizophrenia
• reactive search

 

Translations

(in chemistry) able to react

• Bulgarian: реактивен (reaktiven)
• Catalan: reactiu
• Danish: reaktiv (da), reaktionsdygtig
• Galician: reactivo (gl)
• Hungarian: reaktív (hu), reakcióképes (hu)
• Irish: imoibríoch
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: reaktiv

  Nynorsk: reaktiv

• Occitan: reactiu (oc)
• Polish: aktywny (pl)
• Spanish: reactivo (es)
• Turkish: gerici (tr)

Anagrams

• creative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reaɡˈtibe/ [re.aɣ̞ˈt̪i.β̞e]
• Rhymes: -ibe
• Syllabification: re‧ac‧ti‧ve

Verb

reactive

1. inflection of reactivar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative