Definitions for "active"
An initiated member.
an undergraduate who has been initiated into life long membership.
A fully initiated member of a sorority or fraternity.
Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.
In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.
Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.
Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal.
Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.
engaged in or ready for military or naval operations; "on active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the fighting forces"
Used to describe speakers and sub-woofers that have their own internal amplifier. Highly recommended for home cinema systems using digital surround such as Dolby Digital, or in systems using small or satellite speaker systems.
One which acts as a source of electrical energy of a device or system, such as a generator, or it is capable of amplifying or converting voltages or currents like a transistor or diode.
Containing tubes or transistors that require an external source of power, and typically provide amplification
Currently in effect.
Describes an application or file that currently is operational and ready to receive or transmit data.
window is active when it is on the top of the desktop display and its title bar is highlighted.
(1) (of a player) aggressive(2) (of a defensive play) risking tricks in the hope of establishing tricks quickly.
The person who takes the male or aggressive role in a sexual relationship
A move or series of moves more aggressive than other choices on the board.
Any component which contains its own power source.
tending to become more severe or wider in scope; "active tuberculosis"
the cell which receives the action or keystrokes. It has a wider, dark border
array - A storage array whose multipathing solution allows efficient access to an array volume from more than one path at the same time.
This type of multipathed disk array allows you to access a disk in the disk array through all the paths to the disk simultaneously, without any performance degradation.
of the sun; characterized by a high level activity in sunspots and flares and radio emissions
A descriptive word specifically meaning (1) a probability of 50% for an M-class x-ray flare in a sunspot region; (2) disturbed geomagnetic levels such that 15 A index 30.
Products that are active are displayed in the store, and available for customers to select. Inactive products are completely inaccessible to all shoppers.
Clients, vendors, and staff members are active or inactive depending on their status. Active clients may have recent billings, but the it's an agency decision. Inactive clients can be prospective new clients or old clients. Lists, reports, and mailing labels can be printed for active, inactive, or both kinds of clients, vendors, and staff members.
Denotes a card or process that performs a system task; in a redundant configuration, there is an inactive standby card or process available to become active. Active cards or processes are also sometimes denoted as primary.
Keywords:  casino, still, hadn't, enigma, alive
in operation; "keep hope alive"; "the tradition was still alive"; "an active tradition"
1. An active (face-up) unit or leader can participate in battles. 2. An active Enigma card is one which is still in effect (indicated by a token on the card).
one who is still in the casino game.
When the status of your CV is active, it is searchable in the database and is viewable to companies. When your CV is not active, it cannot be viewed or searched by companies; in addition, your CV Website cannot be accessed.
The status of a planet which is fully operational.
ACTIVE (formerly EGTYF, European Good Templar Youth Federation) is a non-governmental umbrella organisation gathering European youth temperance organisations. It has the status as the regional youth council of IOGT International.
active creates a set of Web pages which allow Web surfers to contribute to a shared calendar, groups listing, and multimedia news feed with discussion. It's designed to be easy to use, and easy to read the results. active is under ongoing development as the backend for indymedia.org, and active.org.au.
An IMR is considered active in any calendar month in which he or she has at least 100 PV.
Blender makes a distinction between selected and active. Only one Object or item can be active at any given time, for example to allow visualization of data in buttons. An active object is one that is in EditMode, or is immediately switchable to EditMode (usually by TAB). No more than one object is active at any moment. Typically, the most recent selected object is active. See Also: Selected.
A luminaire with an intensity greater than zero is active. Also, a selected submaster and the associated cue are considered active.
(n) in herbology refers to a naturally-occurring ingredient in an herb that is believed to be responsible for the herb's desirable effects on the body
The active ingredient, or therapeutic drug substance, in a pharmaceutical product.
exerting influence or producing an effect; "an active ingredient"
Keywords:  arcnet, hub
Active ARCnet hub
Keywords:  physiology, biology
Biology - Physiology
Keywords:  collegian, see
See Collegian
Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal.
Expressive movement
Technology allowing astronomers to compensate for instability in Earth's atmosphere by reshaping the figure, or curvature, of a telescope's primary or secondary mirror. In this way, the telescope is able to produce sharper and more detailed images than conditions would otherwise allow.
Only active or participating squads are tracked, leaving squads are removed and all their pilots listed as unclaimed until they join another one.
LakeWatch lakes have been sampled within the last six months by a LakeWatch Volunteer. All City lakes are also sampled quarterly by the City's Environmental Specialists. SEE Lakes in the City
Keywords:  upcoming, indeed, double, hinged, trend
A trend that is active means that it applies for the upcoming week. For example, the situation, 'off two double digit losses' is active if the team is indeed off double digit losses the previous two weeks. Usually this term is applied to the trends in the annual. For the active trend listing for week 1 in the 2000 season, see page 15 of this book.
In paired or double doors, the hinged door leaf which is primarily operable.
Inappropriate relaxation; also known as unstable urethra; commonly associated with an unstable detrusor contraction.
Keywords:  ima, minimum, volume, previous, prior
Minimum of 100 in Personal Volume (PV) in previous "Month".
An Independent Marketing Associate (“ IMA”) is considered “Active” in a particular pay period that you maintain the minimum Personal Commission Value requirement applicable to all Independent Marketing Associates.
Minimum of 100 in Personal Volume (PV) in prior 30 days.
Keywords:  aggresive, partner, sexual
the aggresive sexual partner
This unincorporated entity is legally active and present in Maryland.
Keywords:  brisk, corn, demand, lively
Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.
Keywords:  chess, jones, john, senior, game
Senior John Jones played the chess game.
Keywords:  geophysical, solar, flux, ray, radio
A term used to describe when solar x-ray flux is active.
Solar activity levels with at least one geophysical event or several larger radio events per day.
Will corrode in the presence of moisture or a "noble" metal.
A state of a procedure. Puma considers a procedure to be active if control is in the procedure itself or in any of its descendants.
Keywords:  aquarium, fish, motion, physical
being in physical motion; "active fish in the aquarium"
Keywords:  gambler, pool, remaining, money
A gambler remaining in the money pool.
Keywords:  crowd, bond, account
Active account Active bond crowd
The state of an object that is the focus of user input, with its operations available.
A state that indicates a user, school, dependent system, class or lesson is available in the system.
parameter that determines if an item is available for use
Keywords:  devoted, life, person
a person devoted to the active life
A service flow is said to be “active” when it is permitted to forward data packets. A service flow must first be admitted before it is active.
Using electricity for generation or regeneration of signals.
In terms of sexual activity, the one who penetrates. I use the phrase bisexually active, however, to mean a person who acts on his sexual impulses with both sexes, rather than just feeling them and not acting on them.
one of the two electrodes in a differential measurement. Generally on the head, it is the location you are interested in measuring and training.
Keywords:  trading, frequent, market
A market in which there is much trading.
Frequent trading.
Keywords:  registered
Registered and active
Web based events, news and groups listing for activists. May be adapted for use in other communities.
Keywords:  capable, agent, chemical
chemical agent capable of activity
Keywords:  electronics
Active electronics
Keywords:  utilized, moving, ways, money
Money is very active. It is always moving and can be utilized in many ways.
Keywords:  penetrates, gives, 'top, man, term
a UK term for 'top'. A man who gives or penetrates.
Keywords:  producing, change
producing activity or change