alerting

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

alerting
    n 1: a state of readiness to respond; "alerting was indicated by
         the desynchronization of the EEG" [syn: {alertness},
         {alerting}]
    2: a warning serves to make you more alert to danger [syn:
       {alert}, {alerting}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

alerting \alerting\ n. (Physiol.)
   a state of readiness to respond. alerting was indicated by
   the desynchronization of the EEG

   Syn: alertness
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. a warning serves to make you more alert to danger.

   Syn: alert
        [WordNet 1.5]

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