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activity

[ ak-tiv-i-tee ]
/ ækˈtɪv ɪ ti /
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noun, plural ac·tiv·i·ties.

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RELATED WORDS

action, life, enterprise, exercise, movement, task, work, project, job, venture, act, endeavor, scheme, exertion, motion, labor, liveliness, animation, bustle, hustle

Nearby words

  1. active‐matrix,
  2. activin,
  3. activism,
  4. activist,
  5. activities,
  6. activize,
  7. acto,
  8. actomyosin,
  9. acton,
  10. actor

Origin of activity

1520–30; (< Middle French) < Medieval Latin āctīvitās. See active, -ity
Related formsnon·ac·tiv·i·ty, noun, plural non·ac·tiv·i·ties.pre·ac·tiv·i·ty, noun, plural pre·ac·tiv·i·ties.su·per·ac·tiv·i·ty, noun, plural su·per·ac·tiv·i·ties.
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British Dictionary definitions for activity

activity

/ (ækˈtɪvɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

the state or quality of being active
lively action or movement
any specific deed, action, pursuit, etcrecreational activities
the number of disintegrations of a radioactive substance in a given unit of time, usually expressed in curies or disintegrations per second
  1. the capacity of a substance to undergo chemical change
  2. the effective concentration of a substance in a chemical system. The absolute activity of a substance B, λ B, is defined as exp (μ B RT) where μ B is the chemical potential
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Word Origin and History for activity

activity

n.

c.1400, "active or secular life," from Old French activité, from Medieval Latin activitatem (nominative activitas), a word in Scholastic philosophy, from Latin activus (see active). Meaning "state of being active, briskness, liveliness" recorded from 1520s; that of "capacity for acting on matter" is from 1540s.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Medicine definitions for activity

activity

[ ăk-tĭv′ĭ-tē ]

n.

A physiological process.
The presence of neurogenic electrical energy in electroencephalography.
An ideal concentration for which the law of mass action will apply perfectly.
The intensity of a radioactive source.
The ability to take part in a chemical reaction.
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