activator

English

Alternative forms

• activater

Etymology

activate +‎ -or

Noun

activator (plural activators)

1. One who, or that which, activates.
2. (physical chemistry) Something that activates a catalyst
3. (biology) Any chemical or agent which regulates one or more genes by increasing the rate of transcription.
4. (biology) A type of effector that increases the rate of enzyme-mediated reactions.
5. A type of dopant used in phosphors and scintillators.
6. (mining) An agent that enables the flotation of a mineral or minerals.
7. (chiropractic) A hand-held device that delivers a controlled fast thrust to a joint, muscle, etc., to help stimulate nervous system activity.

Derived terms

• antiactivator
• autoactivator
• bioactivator
• coactivator
• continuous erythropoietin receptor activator
• ferroactivator
• immunoactivator
• transactivator
• vasoactivator

 

Translations

one who activates

• Polish: aktywizator m
• Russian: активиза́тор (ru) m (aktivizátor)

something that activates a catalyst

• Indonesian: aktivator
• Polish: aktywator m
• Russian: актива́тор (ru) m (aktivátor)

chemical increasing transcription

• Arabic: مُنْشِط m (munšiṭ)
• Finnish: aktivaattori
• French: activateur (fr)
• German: Aktivator (de) m, Beschleuniger (de) m
• Indonesian: aktivator
• Italian: attivatore (it)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: çalakker (ku)

• Malay: penggalak (ms)
• Pashto: فعالونکی
• Persian: فعالساز (fa'âlsâz), راه‌انداز (râh-andâz)
• Portuguese: ativador
• Russian: актива́тор (ru) m (aktivátor), ускори́тель (ru) m (uskorítelʹ)
• Spanish: activador (es)

that which speeds up enzyme transcription

• Indonesian: aktivator
• Malay: penggalak (ms)

dopant

mining

Romanian

Etymology

From activa +‎ -tor.

Noun

activator n (plural activatoare)

1. activator

Declension

Declension of activator

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) activator	activatorul	(niște) activatoare	activatoarele
genitive/dative	(unui) activator	activatorului	(unor) activatoare	activatoarelor
vocative	activatorule		activatoarelor