reactive

Adjective
  1. Participating readily in reactions (synset 301935007)
    "sodium is a reactive metal"; "free radicals are very reactive"
    referred to in:
    • chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
    • natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions
    similar to:
    • activated, excited - (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive
    • labile - (chemistry, physics, biology) readily undergoing change or breakdown
    • oxidizable - capable of undergoing a chemical reaction with oxygen
    • thermolabile - (chemistry, physics, biology) readily changed or destroyed by heat
    • unstable - highly or violently reactive
  2. Reacting to a stimulus (synset 302112456)
    "the skin of old persons is less reactive than that of younger persons"
    similar to: sensitive - responsive to physical stimuli
    same as: responsive

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