Activator Definition

aktəvātər
activators
noun
activators
A thing or person that activates.
Webster's New World
A substance used to induce or accelerate a chemical reaction.
Webster's New World

One who, or that which, activates.

Wiktionary

(biology) Any chemical or agent which regulates one or more genes by increasing the rate of transcription.

Wiktionary

(biology) A type of effector that increases the rate of enzyme-mediated reactions.

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Noun

Singular:
activator
Plural:
activators

Origin of Activator

Activator Sentence Examples

  • One such drug is called tissue plasminogen activator (alteplase) which is a clot-dissolving drug not yet in common use in the UK.

  • A compost activator is simply a rich source of nitrogen.

  • Since then (1904) Miss Florence Durham has shown that if the skins of young or embryonic mammals (rats, rabbits and guinea-pigs) be ground up and extracted in water, and the expressed juice be then incubated with solid tyrosin for twentyfour hours, with the addition of a very small amount of ferrous sulphate to act as an activator, a pigmentary substance is thrown down.

  • To use spray activator onto one surface only and allow to evaporate.

  • High in nitrogen, they make a good activator.

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Words Starting With

AACACT

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RORTOR

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