Definition of Active

Active
A market in which there is frequent trading.

ACPW
Active Power, Inc.
Exchange: Nasdaq
Designs, manufactures and markets power quality products which provide the consistent, reliable electric power required by today's digital economy.

ACVE
Active Link Communication
Exchange: OTCBB
Not Available

AIQT
Active IQ Technologies, Inc.
Exchange: Nasdaq
Not Available

AIQTW
Active IQ Technologies, Inc.
Exchange: Nasdaq
Not Available

Active
(a.)
Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.
  
(a.)
Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal.
  
(a.)
In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.
  
(a.)
Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy.
  
(a.)
Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.
  
(a.)
Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal.
  
(a.)
Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.
  
(a.)
Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.
  
(a.)
Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
  
(a.)
Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
  
(a.)
Applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to passive. See Active voice, under Voice.
  

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Noun
1. chemical agent capable of activity
(synonym) active agent
(hypernym) chemical agent
2. the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb; "`The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice"
(synonym) active voice
(hypernym) voice
3. a person devoted to the active life
(antonym) contemplative
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul

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Adjective
1. tending to become more severe or wider in scope; "active tuberculosis"
(antonym) inactive
(similar) progressive
(classification) pathology
2. engaged in or ready for military or naval operations; "on active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the fighting forces"
(synonym) combat-ready, fighting(a)
(similar) operational
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
3. disposed to take action or effectuate change; "a director who takes an active interest in corporate operations"; "an active antagonism"; "he was active in drawing attention to their grievances"
(antonym) passive, inactive
(similar) activist, activistic
(attribute) activeness, activity
4. taking part in an activity; "an active member of the club"; "he was politically active"; "the participating organizations"
(synonym) participating
(similar) involved
5. characterized by energetic activity; "an active toddler"; "active as a gazelle"; "an active man is a man of action"
(antonym) inactive
(similar) about(p), astir(p)
(see-also) energetic
(attribute) activeness, activity
6. exerting influence or producing an effect; "an active ingredient"
(antonym) inactive
(similar) activated
7. full of activity or engaged in continuous activity; "an active seaport"; "an active bond market"; "an active account"
(antonym) inactive
(similar) brisk
(attribute) action, activity, activeness
8. in operation; "keep hope alive"; "the tradition was still alive"; "an active tradition"
(synonym) alive(p)
(similar) existent, existing
9. of the sun; characterized by a high level activity in sunspots and flares and radio emissions
(antonym) quiet
(classification) astronomy, uranology
10. expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: "Hemingway favors active constructions"
(antonym) passive
(classification) grammar
11. expressing action rather than a state of being; used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')
(synonym) dynamic
(antonym) stative
(classification) grammar
12. (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt; "active volcanos"
(antonym) dormant, inactive
(similar) alive(p), live(a)
(attribute) action, activity, activeness
(classification) vent, volcano
13. producing activity or change
(antonym) counteractive, antagonistic
(similar) surface-active
14. engaged in full-time work; "active duty"; "though past retirement age he is still active in his profession"
(antonym) inactive
(similar) activated
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
15. being in physical motion; "active fish in the aquarium"
(similar) moving
16. characterized by energetic bodily activity; "tennis is an active sport"; "a very physical dance performance"
(synonym) physical
(similar) energetic

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active
\ac"tive\ (&?;), a. [f. actif, l. activus, fr. agere to act.]
1. having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.
2. quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal. active and nervous was his gait.
3. in action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.
4. given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal.
5. requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.
6. given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.
7. brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.
8. implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy.
9. (gram.) (a) applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to passive. see active voice, under voice. (b) applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive. (c) applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
active
capital,
active
wealth, money, or property that may readily be converted into money.

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  similar words(15) 

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 active directory 
 active hyperaeligmia 
 active dbms 
 optically active 
 active wealth 
 active capital 
 surface-active agent 
 radio-active 
 active agent 
 be active 
 active valeric acid 
 active server pages 
 active verb 
 active reconfiguring message 
 active voice 

active
gníomhach

Chwai
Chwai = a. active, brisk, alert

Chwyrn
Chwyrn = n. a whirl; a snarl, a. rapid; active

Dyen
Dyen = a. brisk, active

Ffestin
Ffestin = a. of active nature

Ffres
Ffres = a. active, pure, fresh

Gogwy
Gogwy = a. full of motion, active

Gweithredol
Gweithredol = a. operative, active

Hawn
Hawn = a. eager; brisk; active

Heiniad
Heiniad = n. a making active

Men
Men = n. an active principle

Pablaidd
Pablaidd = a. active; nervous

Rhe
Rhe = n. a swift motion, a run, a. fleet. speedy, active

Ysgol
Ysgol = n. a school, n. a peak; a ladder, a. vehement, active

active
ADV
actively; (gram. like active verb)

ACTIVE
A piece of circuitry is termed active if it needs a power supply for it to function. (Active DI box, Active crossover etc.) Circuitry that needs no additional power supply is termed passive (eg resistors & capacitors in a crossover). Passive circuits use the electrical sound signal itself to operate the components. OR A piece of circuitry is termed active if it amplifies a signal supplied to it. A passive circuit does not increase the level of a signal.

active
impiger, strenuus

active
adjective
(a) (of person) lively, energetic; although he is over eighty he is still very active
active movement = movement made by a patient using his own willpower and muscles
(b) (of disease) which affects a patient, which is not dormant; after two years of active rheumatoid disease
(c) which acts, does something
active ingredient = main medicinal ingredient of an ointment or lotion (as opposed to the base)
active principle = main medicinal ingredient of a drug which makes it have the required effect on a patient

Immunotherapy
Active immunization where vaccine is administered for therapeutic or preventive purposes. This can include administration of immunopotentiating agents such as BCG vaccine and Corynebacterium parvum as well as biological response modifiers such as interferons, interleukins, and colony stimulating factors in order to directly stimulate the immune system

Arrow Active
Arrow Active Ltd was a manufacturer of aircraft components, but in 1931 built one example of an aircraft designed by A C Thornton.

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ACT
Active: Opposite of inactive or passive, e.g. active clearance control.

Active
Solar activity levels with at least one geophysical event or several larger radio events per day.

ACTIVE
- Static variable in class javax.accessibility.AccessibleState 
public static final AccessibleState ACTIVE
Indicates a window is currently the active window. This includes windows, dialogs, frames, etc. In addition, this state is used to indicate the currently active child of a component such as a list, table, or tree. For example, the active child of a list is the child that is drawn with a rectangle around it.See Also:  AccessibleRole.WINDOW , AccessibleRole.FRAME , AccessibleRole.DIALOG

Active
Refers to a scan line holding picture information including black for letterbox bars, as opposed to synchronizing information or encoded closed caption text. On this web page we sometimes say "illuminated scan line" when we mean "active scan line". As an example NTSC video has 525 scan lines of which approximately 480 are active.

Active
torupik

Active
An aggressive move, line of play, or position. When mentioned in regards to a playing style, it indicates sharp or tactical tendencies.

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