Reactive

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  • adjective. Tending to be responsive or to react to a stimulus.
  • adjective. Characterized by reaction.
  • adjective. Tending to participate readily in reactions.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to or causing reaction; acting reflexively or reciprocally; resulting from reflex action.
  • In alternating-current circuits, same as wattless.
  • noun. A reagent.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Having power to react; tending to reaction; of the nature of reaction.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. that reacts or responds to a stimulus
  • adjective. that readily takes part in reactions
  • adjective. Characterized by induction or capacitance rather than resistance.
  • adjective. Reacting to the past rather than anticipating the future, not predictive.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. reacting to a stimulus
  • adjective. participating readily in reactions
  • Word Usage
    "The author then enters into a discussion of the use of the term reactive tendency, and explains that this term, according to his definition, is meant to explain something more specific than an inclination to direct activity toward one of a limited number of general ends, and to include both the innate and the acquired features of an individual's reactive mechanism."
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