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Reactivation

/ˌriːˌæk.tɪˈveɪ.ʃən/
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  1. 1

    The action or process of making something active or operational again after it has been inactive or suspended.

    "The swift reactivation of the software license required a new activation key."
  2. 2

    The restoration of a chemical, biological, or physical process that had previously ceased or been blocked.

    "The experiment demonstrated the reactivation of dormant viral strains under specific temperature conditions."

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Derived from the prefix 're-' (meaning again or back) combined with 'activation', stemming from the Latin 'activus' (active). The term evolved in modern technical, scientific, and computing contexts to denote restoring something to an active operational state after a period of dormancy or suspension.

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