Activated mine
a mine with a secondary fuze designed to explode if the mine is tampered with.
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- Activated sludge
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- Activates
to make active; cause to function or act. physics. to render more reactive; excite: to activate a molecule. to induce radioactivity. to aerate (sewage) in order to accelerate decomposition of impure organic matter by microorganisms. chemistry. to make (carbon, a catalyst, molecules, etc.) more . to hasten (reactions) by various means, as heating. to place […]
- Activation analysis
a method for the qualitative and quant-tative determination of trace amounts of various elements by measuring the characteristic radioactive decay induced by neutron bombardment.
- Activation
to make active; cause to function or act. physics. to render more reactive; excite: to activate a molecule. to induce radioactivity. to aerate (sewage) in order to accelerate decomposition of impure organic matter by microorganisms. chemistry. to make (carbon, a catalyst, molecules, etc.) more . to hasten (reactions) by various means, as heating. to place […]