Look up: action

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   Action
   In weapon terms, action refers to the working mechanism of a firearm. Various types exist, including single-shots, multi-barrels, revolvers, slide- or pump-action, lever-action, bolt-action, semi-automatic and automatic.
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   action
   [n] - the state of being active 2. [n] - the series of events that form a plot 3. [n] - the trait of being active and energetic and forceful 4. [n] - the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism 5. [n] - an act by a government body or supranational organization 6. [n] - the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field 7. [n] - something done (usually as opposed to something said)
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   Action
   In guitar playing, action refers to how far the strings sit off of the guitar neck. When strings are close to the neck, it is referred to as 'Low Action'. When the string sit far above the neck, it is called 'High Action'. Guitars with low action are easier to play, but make sure they are not too close, or it could causing buzzing.
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   Action
   the height of the guitar strings above a fret or fretboard, usually measured from the top of a fret to the bottom of the string
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   action
   In law, one of the proceedings whereby a person or agency seeks to enforce rights or redress a wrong in a civil court. In the UK, civil actions (for example, the enforcement of a debt) are...
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   action
   (Learning Modules / Mathematics / Gravity) Force in operation.
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   action
   here:function to be tested Category: News-systems and communications • a set of concentrated or distributed forces acting on the structure(direct action),or the cause of imposed or constrained deformations in the structure(indirect action) Category: Physics • Drug dealing Category: General
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   Action
   see CLAIM
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   Action
   The lawful demand of one`s right by use of Legal Proceedings.
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    Action
    A Photoshop command sequence you can record and replay to automate recurrent imaging tasks.
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    Action
    Definition (undergraduate level) A (left) action of a group G on a set X is a map G × X → X , ( g , x ) → g . x such that e . x = x and g . ( h . x ) = ( g h . x ) for all x ∈ X . A right action is similarly defined. Example (undergraduate level) The Cayley action of G on G is the map ( g , x ) → g x ; the conjuga ...
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    Action
    Ac'tion noun [ Old French action , Latin actio , from agere to do. See Act .] 1. A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of power exerted on one body by another; agency; activity; operation; as, the action of heat; a man of action ...
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    action
    1. A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of power exerted on one body by another; agency; activity; operation; as, the action of heat; a man of action. 'One wise in council, one in action brave.' (Pope) ... 2. An act; a thing do ...
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    action
    noun the series of events that form a plot; `his novels always have a lot of action`
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    action
    noun the trait of being active and energetic and forceful; `a man of action`
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    action
    noun the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field; `the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds`; `gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible`
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    action
    action mechanism noun the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism; `the piano had a very stiff action`
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    action
    activity noun the state of being active; `his sphere of activity`; `he is out of action`
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    action
    sue verb institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; `He was warned that the district attorney would process him`; `She actioned the company for discrimination`
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    ACTION
    The `Australian Capital Territory Internal Omnibus Network`, more commonly known by the acronym `ACTION`, is a public transportation company in Canberra, Australia. It is owned and operated by the ACT government. The first government bus services available to the general public appeared in 1926, running from Eastlake to Ainslie. The first major expansion of public bus routes occurred in the 1950s. Canberra's bus service has borne many names sinc...
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    Action
    • (n.) A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of power exerted on one body by another; agency; activity; operation; as, the action of heat; a man of action. • (n.) An act; a thing done; a deed; an enterprise. (pl.): Ha...
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    action
    (from the article `small arm`) Practical shoulder-fired small arms started with the perfection of the flintlock ignition system in the mid-17th century (see military technology). ... ...cartridges. The weapons were first mounted on helicopters but afterward appeared on tripods and armoured vehicles. On these mounts, ... [2 related ar...
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    action
    (from the article `keyboard instrument`) In the three surviving examples of Cristofori`s pianos, which date from the 1720s, the mechanism, or `action,` differs somewhat from that described ... The late 20th century has seen a decline in production of pipe organs, with several large manufacturers going out of business in the Un...
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    (from the article `applied logic`) The propositional modalities relating to normative (or valuational) classifications of actions and states of affairs, such as the permitted, the ... A year later he pronounced another epoch-making theory: that knowledge and action are one. One knows filial piety, he argued, only when one acts upon ... ...
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    action
    in theoretical physics, an abstract quantity that describes the overall motion of a physical system. Motion, in physics, may be described from at ... [2 related articles]
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