activate - use in sentences

Object

  • receptor: Agonist: A molecule that activates a cell receptor.
  • macrophage: When biopsied, these lesions show inflammatory responses with invading T-cells and activated macrophages.
  • kinase: The activated tyrosine kinase tells the cancer cells to grow and divide, so they keep making new cells.
  • sludge: Point out that two major methods of treatment are used; activated sludge being more common than biological filter beds.
  • carbon: You can smell when the activated carbon is no longer working.

Modifying Another Word

  • selectively: The research work provided direct confirmation of the extent to which the hypnotist can selectively activate given areas of the brain.
  • manually: It has a power switch on/off button that manually activates the laser light.

Used with why or when

  • whenever: Real-time launch scanning activates whenever applications on the device are launched and prevents viruses from activating on the device.
  • when: The M1 and M2 activate when they hit the water.

Subject

  • signal: LCD monitors: Refresh rates The pixels in a standard color LCD screen are activated directly by signals from the video card.

Modifying Another Word

  • thermally: This is the thermally activated process that allows condensation or freezing to take place.
  • remotely: A soft comforting nightlight that can be remotely activated.
  • electrically: These MEMs are normally electrically activated, but by using this polymer brush technology they would be actuated by chemical signals instead.
  • unintentionally: During this manual operation the dosage program for nitric acid was unintentionally activated for a second time.

Preposition: by

  • button: Reacts to change in car's motion Can also be activated by push button Height - 15cm.
  • heat: The melting is activated by resistive heat generated in a conductive slag.

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