English
superactivation
From super- + activation.
A compound of super- + active + -ation + active + activate + -ation + -ion + activation
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’
Latin āctīvus ‘active’
Old French actif ‘active’
Middle English actyf ‘active, reactive’
English active
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’
Latin āctīvus ‘active’
Old French actif ‘active’
Middle English actyf ‘active, reactive’
English active
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’
Latin āctīvus ‘active’
Old French actif ‘active’
Middle English actyf ‘active, reactive’
English active
English activate
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’
Latin āctīvus ‘active’
Old French actif ‘active’
Middle English actyf ‘active, reactive’
English active
English activate
English activation
Today it means
noun The activation of a pair of quantum channels that each have zero capacity in order to achieve a nonzero capacity.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “superactivation”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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