different between react vs nonreactive

English

Alternative forms

• reäct (rare)

Etymology

From re- +? act.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i??ækt/
• Rhymes: -ækt

Verb

react (third-person singular simple present reacts, present participle reacting, simple past and past participle reacted)

1. (transitive, now rare) To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact. [from 17th c.]
   • 1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man:

     It is somewhat extraordinary, that the offence for which James II, was expelled, that of setting up power by assumption, should be re-acted, under another shape and form, by the parliament that expelled him.

2. (physics) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force

3. (chemistry, intransitive) To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
4. (chemistry, transitive) To cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another.
5. (Internet, intransitive) To post a reaction (icon or emoji indicating how one feels about a posted message).

Derived terms

• reactive
• reactor

Related terms

• interreact, interreaction

Translations

Noun

react (plural reacts)

1. (Internet) An emoji used to express a reaction to a post on social media.

Anagrams

• Carte, Trace, acter, caret, carte, cater, crate, creat, recta, trace

English

Etymology

non- +? reactive

Adjective

nonreactive (comparative more nonreactive, superlative most nonreactive)

1. That will not react.

   Heat the tomato sauce in a nonreactive pan. Aluminum is particularly not a nonreactive metal, it will discolor badly and impart a strange flavor.

Synonyms

• unreactive
• inert

Antonyms

• reactive

Anagrams

• noncreative