Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (4)
1. 
 (of sewage) treated with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition; 
2. 
 (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive; 
[syn: activated, excited]
3.  rendered active;  e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive; 
4.  (military) set up and placed on active assignment; 
- Example: "a newly activated unit"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
activated \activated\ adj.
   1. (Sewage treatment) treated with aeration and bacteria to
      aid decomposition; -- of sewage
      [WordNet 1.5]
   3. (Physics) made reactive or more reactive; -- of e.g. a
      molecule
   Syn: activated, excited
        [WordNet 1.5]
   4. rendered active; -- as e.g. radioactive or luminescent or
      photosensitive or conductive
   Syn: activated
        [WordNet 1.5]
   5. (Military) set up and placed on active assignment a newly
      activated unit
   Syn: activated
        [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
activated
    adj 1: (of sewage) treated with aeration and bacteria to aid
           decomposition
    2: (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive [syn:
       activated, excited]
    3: rendered active; e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or
       photosensitive or conductive
    4: (military) set up and placed on active assignment; "a newly
       activated unit"