activation

Examples of activating

activating

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

These hemichannels, which do not compromise the viability of the cells, mediate a slowly activating conductance that could be observed upon membrane depolarization.
It is critical to be aware that several alternative activating mechanisms are not mutually exclusive and that species differences may exist.
Thus, activating / deactivating problem solvers is essential for realization of the invocation aspect of a hybrid system.
At this time it is clear what response each individual is activating.
This is to allow those not interested to pass silently through without activating a response.
Thus, astrocyte activation can differentially modulate inhibitory synapses in the same interneurons by activating distinct classes of glutamate receptors.
The difficulty of activating the deprived, be it in their ecological setting, in medical institutions, in clubs of the aged, or day centres becomes obvious.
The distinction between merely activating something and bringing it into focus is especially crucial here.
To avoid activating the raters' knowledge of the television series, they were told that the experiment was about age perception.
Sophisticated biochemical analysis needs to be performed to understand how these receptors associate, and who is activating whom.
We think that perception is not different from mapping, as perception is the same stage as activating your own representations (equalizing options 1 and 2).
Concentrations higher than the optimum were less effective for activating the reaction.
This activating stimulus is usually not required for additional further growth.
Both these types of spermatogenic cell can fertilise oocytes, but they do not have oocyte activating factor for embryonic development.
Analysis of the oocyte activating capacity and chromosomal complement of round-headed human spermatozoa by their injection into mouse oocytes.
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