Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun activating_agent

1 sense of activating agent

Sense 1
activating agent -- ((mineral extraction) a surface-active chemical used in flotation process to increase the attraction to a specific mineral)
       => activator -- ((biology) any agency bringing about activation; a molecule that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that increases the production of a gene product in DNA transcription)