Active may refer to:
Music
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''Active'' (album), a 1992 album by Casiopea
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"Active" (song), a 2024 song by Asake and Travis Scott from Asake's album ''Lungu Boy''
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Active Records, a record label
Ships
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''Active'' (ship), several commercial ships by that name
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HMS ''Active'', the name of various ships of the British Royal Navy
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USCS ''Active'', a US Coast Survey ship in commission from 1852 to 1861
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USCGC ''Active'', the name of various ships of the US Coast Guard
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USRC ''Active'', the name of various ships of the US Revenue Cutter Service
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USS ''Active'', the name of various ships of the US Navy
Computers and electronics
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Active Enterprises, a defunct video game developer
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Sky Active, the brand name for interactive features on Sky Digital available in the UK and Ireland
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Active (software)
Active may refer to:
Music
* ''Active'' (album), a 1992 album by Casiopea
* "Active" (song), a 2024 song by Asake and Travis Scott from Asake's album ''Lungu Boy''
* Active Records, a record label
Ships
* ''Active'' (ship), several com ...
, software used for open publishing by Indymedia; see
Independent Media Center
The Independent Media Center, better known as Indymedia, is an open publishing network of activist journalist collectives that report on political and social issues. Following beginnings during the 1999 Carnival Against Capital and 1999 Seat ...
* The "live" circuit of mains power in countries observing
AS/NZS 3112
AS/NZS 3112 is the harmonised Australian and New Zealand Standard for AC power plugs and sockets, AC power plugs (male) and sockets (female). The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) "world plugs" website defines this design as Plug ...
electrical standard
Sciences
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Thermodynamic activity
In thermodynamics, activity (symbol ) is a measure of the "effective concentration" of a species in a mixture, in the sense that the species' chemical potential depends on the activity of a real solution in the same way that it would depend on conc ...
, measure of an effective concentration of a species in a mixture.
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Activation
In chemistry and biology, activation is the process whereby something is prepared or excited for a subsequent reaction.
Chemistry
In chemistry, "activation" refers to the reversible transition of a molecule into a nearly identical chemical or ...
, in chemistry the process whereby something is prepared for a subsequent reaction
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Active (pharmacology)
In pharmacology, bioavailability is a subcategory of Absorption (pharmacology), absorption and is the fraction (%) of an administered medication, drug that reaches the systemic circulation.
By definition, when a medication is administered intrave ...
, the fraction of a dose of unchanged drug that reaches systemic circulation
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Active voice
Active voice is a grammatical voice prevalent in many of the world's languages. It is the default voice for clauses that feature a transitive verb in nominative–accusative languages, including English and most Indo-European languages
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, in linguistics, the grammatical voice prevalent in many of the world's languages.
Other
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Active, Alabama
Active is an unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) ...
, a community in the US
* ''Active'', the original name of the early steam locomotive
''Locomotion'' No. 1
* "Actives", current members of
fraternities and sororities
In North America, fraternities and sororities ( and ) are social clubs at colleges and universities. They are sometimes collectively referred to as Greek life or Greek-letter organizations, as well as collegiate fraternities or collegiate sorori ...
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Active living
Active living is a lifestyle that integrates physical activity into everyday routines, such as walking to the store or biking to work. Active living is not a formalized exercise program or routine, but instead means to incorporate physical acti ...
, a lifestyle characterized by frequent or various activities
See also
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Activity (disambiguation)
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Passive (disambiguation)
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