Meaning | Participating readily in reactions. |
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Examples | - "sodium is a reactive metal"
- "free radicals are very reactive"
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Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
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physics, natural philosophy | The science of matter and energy and their interactions |
Narrower | activated, excited | (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive |
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labile | (chemistry, physics, biology) readily undergoing change or breakdown |
oxidizable | capable of undergoing a chemical reaction with oxygen |
thermolabile | (chemistry, physics, biology) readily changed or destroyed by heat |
unstable | Highly or violently reactive |
Opposite | unreactive | (chemistry) not reacting chemically |
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Spanish | reactivo |
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Nouns | reactivity | ready susceptibility to chemical change |
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Verbs | react | undergo a chemical reaction |
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