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Reactive

Reactive Meaning & Definition
Reactive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Reactive?

[adj] (chemistry and physics) participating readily in reactions; "sodium is a reactive metal"; "free radicals are very reactive"
[adj] tending to react to a stimulus; "the skin of the geriatric is less reactive than that of younger persons"- Louis Tuft

Synonyms | Synonyms for Reactive: activated | excited | oxidizable | sensitive | unstable

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Reactive In Webster's Dictionary

\Re*act`ive\, a. [Cf. F. r['e]actif.] Having power to react; tending to reaction; of the nature of reaction. -- {Re*act"ive*ly}, adv. -- {Re*act"ive*ness}, n.

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