ACTIVE

adj. A?k’ti?v. Lat., activus. Fr., act if. Ger., aktiv, See AcTINo- See pl., thätig, wirkend, wirksam. It,attivo. Sp., activo. Acting or cay ble of acting, as opposed to pa ive, inert, latent, ete. Re soeeial applications of the word, see under ANEURYSM, ATROPHY, CONGES- TION, DEMENTIA, Dropsy, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRODE, EXERCISE, FLUX- 10N, HÆMORRHAGE, Lire, PRINCIPLE, REMEDY, and TREATMENT.— Optically a. Ger., optisch aktiv (oder wirksam). Capable of rotating the plane of ‘ization of polarized light through a certain measurable are. ]