reactivity

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti

Proto-Italic *agō

Latin agō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Latin āctus

Latin ācta

Old French actbor.

Middle English acte

English act

English react

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Old French -ifbor.

Middle English -yf

English -ive

English reactive

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder.

Latin -itās

Old French -itebor.

Middle English -ite

English -ity

English reactivity

From reactive + -ity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɪˈakˈtɪvɪti/

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Noun

reactivity (countable and uncountable, plural reactivities)

1. responsiveness to stimulation
2. (chemistry) relative susceptibility to chemical reaction

Derived terms

• alloreactivity
• autoreactivity
• bioreactivity
• bronchoreactivity
• cross-reactivity
• hyperreactivity
• hyporeactivity
• immunoreactivity
• nonreactivity
• overreactivity
• photoreactivity
• polyreactivity
• radioreactivity
• seroreactivity
• unreactivity
• vasoreactivity
• xenoreactivity

Translations

relative susceptibility to chemical reaction

• Bulgarian: реактивност f (reaktivnost)
• Finnish: reaktiivisuus
• French: réactivité (fr) f
• Galician: reactividade (gl) f
• Irish: imoibríocht f
• Māori: kaha hohenga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: reaktivitet m

  Nynorsk: reaktivitet m

• Occitan: reactivitat f
• Polish: aktywność (pl) f
• Swedish: reaktivitet c
• Tagalog: kabalibilusan
• Welsh: adweithedd m

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