Alerting

2 definitions found

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

  alerting \alerting\ n. (Physiol.)
     a state of readiness to respond. alerting was indicated by
     the desynchronization of the EEG
  
     Syn: alertness
          [WordNet 1.5]


  
     2. a warning serves to make you more alert to danger.
  
     Syn: alert
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  alerting
       n 1: a state of readiness to respond; "alerting was indicated by
            the desynchronization of the EEG" [syn: {alertness}]
       2: a warning serves to make you more alert to danger [syn: {alert}]