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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: inactivate (0.02228 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to inactivate.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: inactivate
inactivate
v 1: release from military service or remove from the active list
of military service [syn:
demobilize,
demobilise]
[ant:
call up]
2: make inactive;
“they deactivated the file” [syn:
deactivate]
[ant:
activate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: inactivate
inactivate
\inactivate\ v. t. [imp. & p. p.
inactivated; p.
pr. & vb. n.
inactivating.]
to make inactive; as, boiling will inactivate most enzymes;
acetylation of the antibiotic inactivated it.
Syn: deactivate.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Note: To inactivate an enzyme or chemical usually renders it
permanently inactive; to inactivate a machine (as by
turning a switch) may be reversible, and for machines
and devices, the term
deactivate is usually used. The
distinction is worth preserving.
[PJC]
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