inactivation

2 definitions found

inactivation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  inactivation \inactivation\ n.
     The act or process of inactivating.
     [PJC]

inactivation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  inactivation
      n 1: the process of rendering inactive; "the gene inactivation
           system"; "thermal inactivation of serum samples" [ant:
           activation]
      2: breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges)
         [syn: deactivation, inactivation]