(a.) Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.
(a.) Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal.
(a.) In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.
(a.) Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal.
(a.) Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.
(a.) Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.
(a.) Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.
(a.) Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy.
(a.) Applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to passive. See Active voice, under Voice.
(a.) Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
(a.) Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tryptic digestion of the membranes caused complete disappearance of the binding activity, but heat-treatment for 5 min at 70 degrees C caused only 40% loss of activity.
(2) A study revealed that the percentage of active sperm in semen 30 seconds after ejaculation was 10.3% when a nonoxynol 9 latex condom was used as opposed to 55.9% in a nonspermicidal condom.
(3) The most actively proliferating region of the excurrent duct system is zone 3 of the epididymis, whereas the least active region is the ductuli efferentes.
(4) Spectral analysis of spontaneous heart rate fluctuations, a powerful noninvasive tool for quantifying autonomic nervous system activity, was assessed in Xenopus Laevis, intact or spinalized, at different temperatures and by use of pharmacological tools.
(5) Activity of Na,K-ATPase activity was measured as a functional marker for synaptosomal membranes.
(6) The antiarrhythmic activity similar to that of quinidine (with ca.
(7) The microsomal preparations from untreated Syrian golden hamster livers exhibited higher activities of N-demethylation towards the macrolide antibiotics, erythromycin and troleandomycin, than those from untreated and phenobarbital-treated rats.
(8) Patient plasma samples demonstrated evidence of marked complement activation, with 3-fold elevations of C3a desArg concentrations by the 8th day of therapy.
(9) After stimulation with lipopolysaccharide and calcium ionophore A23187, culture supernatants of clones c18A and c29A showed cytotoxic activity against human melanoma A375 Met-Mix and other cell lines which were resistant to the tumor necrosis factor, lymphotoxin and interleukin 1.
(10) Phospholipid methylation in human EGMs is distinctly different from that in rat EGMs (Hirata and Axelrod 1980) in that the human activity is not Mg++-dependent, and apparent methyltransferase I activity is located in the external membrane surface.
(11) Increased plasmin activity was associated with advancing stage of lactation and older cows after appropriate adjustments were made for the effects of milk yield and SCC.
(12) Arachidic acid was without effect, while linoleic acid and linolenic acid were (on a concentration basis) at least 5-times less active than arachidonic acid.
(13) Following in vitro C activation in NHS by delta IgG, the 40 KD C4d component increased markedly.
(14) One hour after direct mechanical cardiomassage (DMCM) a moderately pronounced edema of the intercellular spaces in the basal compartment of the seminiferous epithelium, normal content of lactate and succinate dehydrogenases, and a certain decrease in the activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenases and NAD- and NADP-diaphorases were noted.
(15) We conclude that first-transit and blood-pool techniques are equally accurate methods for determining EF when the time-activity method of analysis is employed.
(16) This difference was not due to ATPase activity in the assay.
(17) In the surface epithelial cells, the basolateral cell surface showed moderate enzymatic activity.
(18) Both the vitellogenesis and the GtH cell activity are restored in the fish exposed to short photoperiod if it is followed by a long photoperiod.
(19) It was shown in experiments on four dogs by the conditioned method that the period of recovery of conditioned activity after one hour ether anaesthesia tested 7 to 7.5 days.
(20) Together these results suggest that IVC may operate as a selective activator of calpain both in the cytosol and at the membrane level; in the latter case in synergism with the activation induced by association of the proteinase to the cell membrane.
Hearty
Definition:
(superl.) Exhibiting strength; sound; healthy; firm; not weak; as, a hearty timber.
(superl.) Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the heart; warm; cordial; bold; zealous; sincere; willing; also, energetic; active; eager; as, a hearty welcome; hearty in supporting the government.
(n.) Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; -- a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors.
Example Sentences:
(1) "Enuresis risoria" or "giggle incontinence" is a particular condition characterized by a sudden, involuntary, uncontrollable and complete emptying of the bladder during giggling or hearty laughter.
(2) Their hearty laughter far surpassed any private hopes of entertaining this endearingly stodgy bunch.
(3) She writes: It used to be that evil finance plots at least had the dignity to be conducted in back rooms, with much mustache-twirling and fondling of watch fobs as well as hearty, if ominous laughs.
(4) Apparently named after Nelson Mandela, everything else about this place is very Greek: hearty portions of local food are served with a smile.
(5) Nordestinos brought their hearty, meaty peasant cuisine with them, and one former factory worker, Jose Oliveira de Almeid, called simply Seu Ze, opened a small restaurant called Mocotó in the working-class suburb of Villa Medeiros.
(6) Cut into fat slices for a hearty pudding in the evening and a yet heartier breakfast the morning after.
(7) Also, hearty snacks should be eaten in limited amounts only because of their high fat and salt content.
(8) Tall, heavy-set, with an astonishing bouffant as solid, glossy and black as polished coal, he exudes the hearty bonhomie of the rugby player he once was.
(9) Photograph: Andy Pietrasik Start with a coffee and croissant at zinc bar Café Tupiña at the bottom end of rue Porte de la Monnaie, and then move on to a hearty lunch at La Tupiña next door, with its huge roaring hearth and spits roasting chickens and racks of lamb.
(10) Many pub landlords have seen the commercial benefits of hearty St Piran's Day celebrations and put on themed events.
(11) At the world premiere in Norwich, there was hearty applause for the scene where Alan flags down a car outside City Hall and asks to be driven to the nearest police station because "There's a guy with a gun!"
(12) The following factors turned out to be statistically significant: irregular meals (less than 3 times a day), living on cold food, the daily use of fried dishes, hurried meals, and hearty supper consisting of three courses.
(13) I don’t want to come off ‘clozo’ just because I put weight on, because the drug has changed my life.” The BHF has funded the Hearty Lives Bolsover project to learn how best to tackle these potentially conflicting priorities and to tailor its “healthy hearts” message to people with a mental illness.
(14) In voterland there are plenty of straightforward hearty men like Abbott and plenty of women who are married to men like him.
(15) Boyle is hearty about her snacks, she has the slightly masculine bearing of the long-term single lady and yet the Nation likes her - it may even love her (in the multimedia sense of that word) and Boyle not only seems quite content with herself, but actually has a remarkable talent of the sort few people associate with plump, cat-owning middle-aged ladies from West Lothian.
(16) 4.40pm BST There have been hearty rounds of applause for the substituted Luke Shaw and Adam Lallana, but Southampton are possibly lamenting their failure to make their first-half dominance count for more.
(17) A beautiful private garden links the two houses and there are hearty organic breakfasts, too.
(18) This is a strange notion: yes, after a nice walk and a hearty meal, why not tuck up with some light reading about Holocaust victims being killed in Banja Luka with hammers and knives?
(19) These simple but hearty scones are ideal for any time of day.
(20) The school-based program, Hearty Heart and Friends, involved 15 sessions over five weeks in the third grade classrooms.