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 Definitions of Activity  [ækˈtɪv ɪ ti]  

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Definition of 'Activity' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) activity
the state or quality of being active.

2.  activity
energetic activity; animation; liveliness.

3.  activity
a specific deed, action, function, or sphere of action:
social activities.

4.  activity
an educational task that involves direct experience and participation of the student.

5.  activity
a use of energy or force; an active movement or operation.

6.  activity
normal mental or bodily power, function, or process.

7.  activity
the capacity of a chemical substance to react, corrected for the loss of reactivity due to the interaction of its constituents.

8.  activity
the number of atoms of a radioactive substance that disintegrate per unit of time, usu. expressed in curies.

9.  activity
an organizational unit or the function it performs.

Etymology:  (1520–30; (< MF) < ML)

Definition of 'Activity' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) activity
any specific behavior
"they avoided all recreational activity"

2. (noun) action, activity, activeness
the state of being active
"his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action"

3. (noun) bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
an organic process that takes place in the body
"respiratory activity"

4. (noun) activity
(chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction
"catalytic activity"

5. (noun) natural process, natural action, action, activity
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
"the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"

6. (noun) activeness, activity
the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically
"the level of activity declines with age"


Definition of 'Activity' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) activity
inactivity
physical activity; volcanic activity

2.  activity
sth you do for pleasure
activities for 4 to 8 year olds; an activity center

3.  activity
sth done for a particular purpose
business activities; terrorist activity


Definition of 'Activity' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Activity
the state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities


Definition of 'Activity' The Standard Electrical Dictionary 

1.  Activity
The rate of doing work; the work done per second by any expenditure of energy. The activity of a horse-power is 550 foot lbs. per second, or 746 volt-coulombs per second. The practical electric unit is the volt-ampere, often called the watt. (Sec Energy, Electric.)


Definition of 'Activity' Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms 

1.  Activity
1. A unit, organization, or installation performing a function or mission, e.g., reception center, redistribution center, naval station, naval shipyard. 2. A function, mission, action, or collection of actions. Also called ACT. See also establishment.


Translation of 'Activity' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the state of being active or lively
The streets are full of activity this morning.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: aktiwiteit, roering Arabic flag Arabic: فَعَالِيَّه، نَشَاط Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: оживление
Brazilian flag Brazilian: atividade Czech flag Czech: živost, ruch German flag German: Aktivität
Danish flag Danish: aktivitet Greek flag Greek: δραστηριότητα, κίνηση Spanish flag Spanish: actividad
Estonian flag Estonian: tegevus Farsi flag Farsi: تکاپو؛ فعالیت Finnish flag Finnish: toiminta
French flag French: activité Hebrew flag Hebrew: פְּעִילוּת Hindi flag Hindi: क्रिया-कलाप
Croatian flag Croatian: aktivnost Hungarian flag Hungarian: aktivitás Indonesian flag Indonesian: kegiatan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: athafnasemi Italian flag Italian: attività Japanese flag Japanese: 活気
Korean flag Korean: 활동 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: veiklumas, gyvumas Latvian flag Latvian: rosība; aktivitāte
Malay flag Malay: penuh aktiviti Dutch flag Dutch: activiteit Norwegian flag Norwegian: aktivitet, virksomhet, li
Polish flag Polish: ruch, ożywienie Persian flag Persian: تکاپو؛ فعالیت Pashto flag Pashto: تكاپو او فعاليت
Portuguese flag Portuguese: actividade Romanian flag Romanian: mişcare; activitate Russian flag Russian: активность;оживление
Slovak flag Slovak: živosť Slovenian flag Slovenian: dejavnost Serbian flag Serbian: živost
Swedish flag Swedish: aktivitet, verksamhet, li Thai flag Thai: การกระทำอย่างมีชีวิตชีวา Turkish flag Turkish: faaliyet, canlılık
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 活動 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: активність; енергія Urdu flag Urdu: سرگرمی ، عمل
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: hoạt động Chinese flag Chinese: 活动

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