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Definition of: activity
(ak·tiv′ə·tē) noun plural ·ties
1. The state or quality of being active; action; vigorous movement; active force or operation.
2. Mech. Mechanical work done in a unit of time.
3. Physics a The degree of emission from a radioactive substance in terms of observed effects. b The excitability of a gas subject to ionization.
4. Optics Capacity of a substance to rotate the plane of polarized light to left or right, measured by a polariscope. See synonyms under EXERCISE.
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