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| 1. | [ adjective ] tending to react to a stimulus | |
| Examples: | "the skin of the geriatric is less reactive than that of younger persons"- Louis Tuft |
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| Related terms: | sensitive | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (chemistry and physics) participating readily in reactions | |
| Examples: | "sodium is a reactive metal" "free radicals are very reactive" |
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| Related terms: | unreactive physics chemistry unstable oxidizable activated | |
| Similar spelling: |
restive reactivate restively rectifier rectified reactivity restiveness rectifiable Restivo rectify |
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