activity — (n.) c.1400, active or secular life, from O.Fr. activité, from M.L. activitatem (nom. activitas), a word in Scholastic philosophy, from L. activus (see ACTIVE (Cf. active)). Meaning state of being active, briskness, liveliness recorded from… … Etymology dictionary
activity — /ak tiv i tee/, n., pl. activities. 1. the state or quality of being active: There was not much activity in the stock market today. He doesn t have enough physical activity in his life. 2. a specific deed, action, function, or sphere of action:… … Universalium
Activity Monitor — Infobox Software | name = Activity Monitor caption = developer = Apple Computer latest release version = 10.5 (117) latest release date = 2007 operating system = Mac OS X genre = Utility license = Proprietary website =… … Wikipedia
capacity — 1. The potential cubic contents of a cavity or receptacle. 2. Power to do. SEE ALSO: volume. [L. capax, able to contain; fr. capio, to take] buffer c. the amount of hydrogen ion (or hydroxyl ion) required to bring about a specific pH change in a… … Medical dictionary
Capacity for heat — Heat Heat (h[=e]t), n. [OE. hete, h[ae]te, AS. h[=ae]tu, h[=ae]to, fr. h[=a]t hot; akin to OHG. heizi heat, Dan. hede, Sw. hetta. See {Hot}.] 1. A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Activity Indicators — Indicators that show where an economy is in the business cycle. Activity indicators include industrial production, capacity utilization and volume of retail sales. ► See also Business Cycle and Economic Indicators … Financial and business terms
activity — ac•tiv•i•ty [[t]ækˈtɪv ɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) the state or quality of being active 2) energetic activity; animation; liveliness 3) a specific deed, action, function, or sphere of action: social activities[/ex] 4) edu an educational task that… … From formal English to slang
Oxygen radical absorbance capacity — (ORAC) is a method of measuring antioxidant capacities in biological samples in vitro.[1][2] A wide variety of foods has been tested using this method, with certain spices, berries and legumes rated highly.[3] There exists no physiological proof… … Wikipedia
Carrying capacity — The supportable population of an organism, given the food, habitat, water and other necessities available within an environment is known as the environment s carrying capacity for that organism. For the human population, more complex variables… … Wikipedia
Tourism carrying capacity — is an approach to managing visitors to protected areas and national parks which evolved out of the fields of range, habitat and wildlife management. In these fields, managers attempted to determine the largest population of a particularly species … Wikipedia
