Lexic.us

Definition of Deactivation

1. Noun. Breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges).

2. Noun. The act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb).

Definition of Deactivation

1. Noun. the act of deactivating something, such as a bomb ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Deactivation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Deactivation

1. The process of rendering or of becoming inactive. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deactivation

deaconess-house deaconesses deaconhood deaconing deaconries deaconry deacons deaconship deaconships deacquisition

deacquisitions deactivate deactivated deactivates deactivating deactivation (current term) deactivations deactivator deactivators deacyl

deacylase deacylated deacylation deacylations deacylative dead dead(a) dead(p) dead-air space dead-air spaces

Literary usage of Deactivation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Air Bag Safety: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science edited by Larry Pressler (1998)
"Cutoff switches will help alleviate the shortcomings of deactivation and add ... deactivation Should Be Limited In attempting to address the problem of air ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"This crossover would then require that simple collisional deactivation of excess vibrational energy in the S0 manifold be the major process competing with ..."

3. Approaches for the Remediation of Federal Facility Sites Contaminated with by Edwin Barth (1994)
"deactivation Furnace The deactivation furnace also is referred to as Army Peculiar ... The deactivation furnace is similar to the rotary kiln incinerator, ..."

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