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What does reactive mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word reactive? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. that reacts or responds to a stimulus
  2. (chemistry) that readily takes part in reactions
  3. (electronics) Characterized by induction or capacitance rather than resistance.
  4. Reacting to the past rather than anticipating the future, not predictive.
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The less emotionally reactive the couple becomes, the less the therapist structures the enactment.
Equivocal or weakly reactive immunohistochemical stains may require further testing to make the diagnosis of mesothelioma.
The reactive collision of more than two molecules at the exact time is unlikely and can be represented as the sequence of bimolecular collisions.
Typical reactions of ketones are addition reactions although as a group they are less reactive than the aldehydes.
One study thermally characterized the reactive hyperemic response of healthy skin.
A third component of reactive aggression is affect, and specifically anger.

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