Dictionary definition(s) for: activity

• n., A series of acts or actions aimed to one purpose.
  [ Archives - Preservation of the Integrity of Electronic Records , Page: 67 ]
  Duranti, Luciana, Terry Eastwood, and Heather MacNeil. Preservation of the Integrity of Electronic Records. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.
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  • function
• n., Broadly, the rate or extent of a change associated with some substance or system.
  [ Sciences - A Dictionary of Ecology ]
  A Dictionary of Ecology. Ed. Michael Allaby. Oxford University Press, 2006. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. University of British Columbia. 4 August 2006 http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t14.e70
• n., The quality or state of being active.
  [ General Dictionaries - Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary ]
  Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary. 11th ed. Springfield, MA.: Merriam-Webster, 2003.
• n., Used to describe the customary use of a given artifact, such as food preparation.
  [ Sciences - Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology ]
  Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology. Edited by Barbara Ann Kipfer. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum, 2000.