Activated

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  activated \activated\ adj.
     1. (Sewage treatment) treated with aeration and bacteria to
        aid decomposition; -- of sewage
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. (Physics) made reactive or more reactive; -- of e.g. a


        molecule
  
     Syn: activated, excited
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     4. rendered active; -- as e.g. radioactive or luminescent or
        photosensitive or conductive
  
     Syn: activated
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     5. (Military) set up and placed on active assignment a newly
        activated unit
  
     Syn: activated
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  activated
       adj 1: (of sewage) treated with aeration and bacteria to aid
              decomposition
       2: of e.g. a molecule; made reactive or more reactive [syn: {excited}]
       3: rendered active; e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or
          photosensitive or conductive
       4: set up and placed on active assignment; "a newly activated
          unit"