Look up: reactive

1. 
   reactive
   [adj] - tending to react to a stimulus 2. [adj] - (chemistry and physics) participating readily in reactions
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
2. 
   reactive
   applying to an inductive or capacitive device or circuit Category: Electrical engineering and energy
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
3. 
   Reactive
   Re·act'ive (re*ăkt'ĭv) adjective [ Confer French réactif .] Having power to react; tending to reaction; of the nature of reaction. -- Re*act'ive*ly , adverb -- Re*act'ive*ness , noun
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/17
   
   
4. 
   reactive
   adjective tending to react to a stimulus; `the skin of the geriatric is less reactive than that of younger persons`- Louis Tuft
   Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?
   
   
5. 
   reactive
   adjective participating readily in reactions; `sodium is a reactive metal`; `free radicals are very reactive`
   Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?
   
   
6. 
   Reactive
   `Reactive` can refer to: *A reaction *Reactance (electronics) *In behavioral medicine `reactive` often refers to a treatment approach where a does not initiate contact as opposed to `proactive` treatment where the therapist initiates contact with the client e.g. proactive and reactive quitlines for tobacco and alcohol
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive
   
   
7. 
   reactive
   (re-ak´tiv) characterized by reaction; readily responsive to a stimulus.
   Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns
   
   
8. 
   Reactive
   • (a.) Having power to react; tending to reaction; of the nature of reaction.
   Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
   
   
9. 
   reactive
   qualifies, under sinusoidal conditions, a linear circuit element or circuit for which the time integral of the instantaneous power over an integral number of periods is zero NOTE - A reactive circuit element or circuit is passive and non-dissipative.
   Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/
   
   
10. 
    reactive
    qualifies an inductive as well as a capacitive device or circuit
    Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/