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Meanings of actuating in English

Causing motion or action or change.

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Examples for "activating"
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We determined the safety, immune activating effects, and potential efficacy of i.v.
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These data suggest that astrocytes protect neurons by activating CCR1 in neurons.
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The presence of immune complexes poses a constant danger of activating complement.
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Recently, an activating mutation of the mineralocorticoid receptor gene has been described.
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Valar Ventures ended the partnership last October by activating a buy-out option.
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Usage of actuating in English
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She gained no battles in person; she was only the actuating genius.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2
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The precise reasons actuating Lola in adopting this step were not divulged.
The Magnificent Montez: From Courtesan to Convert
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Meanwhile Margie was actuating the valve that let air into the airlock.
Seveneves
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With the passage of time the actuating causes were somewhat blurred in perspective.
The Best Short Stories of 1921, and the Yearbook of the American...
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The new conductive pathways cause the composite to 'respond' by actuating.
The South African
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It will be understood that electromagnets were the ticker's actuating agency.
Edison: His Life and Inventions
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This, of course, was not business; the motives actuating the syndicate were purely speculative.
The Age of Big Business: A Chronicle of the Captains of Industry
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Probably one of the motives actuating the Society "Pax" and the Rev.
What Germany Thinks; Or, The War as Germans see it
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The backbone of a religious community is the desire for personal perfection actuating its members.
Life of Father Hecker
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The finer impulse to protect her privacy was not actuating him; he knew that, too.
Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
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There were five separate circuits actuating five different needles.
Heroes of the Telegraph
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What could be actuating her woman's mind in this was more than he could tell.
A Husband by Proxy
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These were the three motives actuating David, all good.
The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent / A Complete Co...
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This motor was the actuating force which turned two generators, one large and one small.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930
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What were the actuating motives behind the German Emperor's speech (368)?
The History of Education / Educational Practice and Progress Con...
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It was the army and the arrogance actuating it which ordered hostilities in the first place.
Germany, The Next Republic?
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