Antonyms for activation

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : ak-tuh-veyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈæk təˌveɪt

Definition of activation

Origin : 1906, noun of action from activate (v.).

As in energizing : adj activating
As in awakening : noun making conscious or alert
As in spur : noun incitement, stimulus

Example sentences :

But non-military items also arrived for activation and test.
Extract from : « The Machine That Saved The World » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins

The scientist set the controls and turned on the activation switch.
Extract from : « The Golden Skull » by John Blaine

There is no known explanation for this type of activation of the enzyme.
Extract from : « The Chemistry of Plant Life » by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher

How this activation is being aided and accelerated by another source of dynamic energy: irradiation from the sun.
Extract from : « The Brain » by Alexander Blade

It is usually measured by inserting materials of known composition and measuring their activation.
Extract from : « The Atomic Fingerprint » by Bernard Keisch

Then, as Tony switched the activation circuit, the vertical line formed a pattern that varied in width from top to bottom.
Extract from : « The Golden Skull » by John Blaine

The activation thereafter had to be done in special equipment permitting of fine control of temperature.
Extract from : « America's Munitions 1917-1918 » by Benedict Crowell

Activation meant turning them on and giving them a sort of basic training in the tasks they were designed to do.
Extract from : « The Machine That Saved The World » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins

Synonyms for activation

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