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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the process of rendering inactive;
- Example: "the gene inactivation system"
- Example: "thermal inactivation of serum samples"

2. breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges);
[syn: deactivation, inactivation]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]