Hypertext Webster Gateway: "activity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Activity \Ac*tiv"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Activities}. [Cf. F.
activit['e], LL. activitas.]
The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility;
vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an
increasing variety of human activities. ``The activity of
toil.'' --Palfrey.
Syn: Liveliness; briskness; quickness.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
activity
n 1: any specific activity or pursuit; "they avoided all
recreational activity" [ant: {inactivity}]
2: the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is
out of action" [syn: {action}, {activeness}] [ant: {inaction},
{inaction}, {inaction}]
3: an organic process that takes place in the body;
"respiratory activity" [syn: {bodily process}, {body
process}, {bodily function}]
4: (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a
chemical reaction; "catalytic activity"
5: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by
the intent of human beings); "the action of natural
forces"; "volcanic activity" [syn: {natural process}, {natural
action}, {action}]
6: radiation resulting from radioactive decay [syn: {radioactivity}]
7: the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and
energetically; "the level of activity declines with age"
[syn: {activeness}] [ant: {inactiveness}]
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