deactivate
The device has a deactivation circuit to interrupt transmission from the microphone to the earphone.
The rapid activation and deactivation of the electrical current allows the neuron to get ready to transmit the next message.
They are working on cylinder deactivation - the process by which some engine pistons don't work when they're not needed.

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Examples of deactivation

deactivation
Finally, identical results were obtained when the deactivation protocol order was reversed (right, bilateral, then left).
Moreover, with a bilateral deactivation paradigm, we categorically eliminated attentional blindness as a major confound and contaminant of the data.
An important question requiring continued investigation in animals and humans relates to the cellular mechanisms underlying sleep deprivation-induced prefrontal deactivations and sleep-related restorative processes.
Our results imply a difference in the cellular mechanisms that give rise to deactivation and light adaptation.
Lightly shaded bars indicate baseline data collected prior to, and after, cooling deactivation.
Evidence of a cerebellar deactivation using positron emission tomography.
Decreasing strength of constraints results from gradient constraint deactivation, that is, from increased acceptance of marked options that may occur outside the core.
At present, no model gives a satisfactory account of the pattern of neural activation and deactivation during dreaming.
Consistent with these continuing regional deactivations, task performance deteriorated with progressive sleep deprivation.
For example, how are inabilities to hold a category active and to categorize sequences related to the deactivation of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex?
The progressive thalamic deactivations were limited to the dorsal thalamus, predominantly in the right hemisphere.
In summary, the binding of a single metal ion close to the voltage sensor is state-dependent and affects the activation and deactivation time constants differently.
This could be due to a deactivation of the gender node before all the targets have been ' 'served' '.
The darkly shaded bars represent data collected during cooling deactivation.
In summary, cannabinoids speed up the dynamics of the phototransduction deactivation cascade in the cone outer segments.
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