REACTIVITY


Meaning of REACTIVITY in English

/ree'ak tiv"i tee/ , n.

1. the quality or condition of being reactive.

2. Chem. the relative capacity of an atom, molecule, or radical to undergo a chemical reaction with another atom, molecule, or compound.

3. Physics. a measure of the deviation from the condition at which a nuclear reactor is critical.

4. Immunol. the ability of an antigen to combine with an antibody.

[ 1885-90; REACTIVE + -ITY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .