autoinactivation

noun

inactivation without external influence

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nounautoinactivation (countable and uncountable, plural autoinactivations)

plural autoinactivations

  1. countableuncountableinactivation without external influence

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tó-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  5. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  6. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  7. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  8. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  9. Englishauto-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*né
  11. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  12. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  13. Latinin-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  16. Proto-Italic*agō
  17. Latinagō
  18. Ancient Greekἐνεργητικός (energētikós)
  19. Latināctīvus
  20. Latinināctīvu
  21. Frenchinactif
  22. Englishinactive
  23. Englishinactivation
  24. Englishautoinactivation

From auto- + inactivation.

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APA

autoinactivation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoinactivation

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“autoinactivation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoinactivation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autoinactivation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoinactivation.

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