action
suomi-englanti sanakirjaaction englannista suomeksi
toiminta
teko
käynti, liike
oikeudenkäynti
haastaa oikeuteen
tehdä
ratkaisu
Substantiivi
Verbi
action englanniksi
The effort of performing or doing something.
(syn)
(cot)
A way of motion or functioning.
(ux)
Fast-paced activity.
The way in which a mechanical device acts when used; especially a firearm.
The way in which cartridges are loaded, locked, and extracted from the mechanism.
(hypo)
(co)
(RQ:Bramah Eyes of Max Carrados)
(quote-text)|volume=|location=London|publisher=Pan Books|chapter=Pink Lights and Champagne|page=57|passage=He then took from under his shirts in another drawer a very flat ·25 Beretta automatic with a skeleton grip, extracted the clip and the single round in the barrel and whipped the action to and fro several times, finally pulling the trigger on the empty chamber.
The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano, which transfers the motion of the key to the sound-making device.Marshall Cavendish Corporation http://books.google.com/books?id=pxgiFygAblQC&pg=PA1079 ''Growing Up with Science'' p.1079
The distance separating the strings and the fingerboard on a instrument.
(senseid) A charge or other process in a law court (also called (m) and ''actio'').
A way in which each element of some structure transforms some other structure or set, in a way which respects the structure of the first. Formally, this may be seen as a morphism from the first structure into some structure of endomorphisms of the second; for example, a action of a group ''G'' on a set ''S'' can be seen as a group homomorphism from ''G'' into the set of bijections on ''S'' (which form a group under function composition), while a module ''M'' over a ring ''R'' can be defined as an group together with a homomorphism from ''R'' into the ring of group endomorphisms of ''M'' (which is also called the ''action'' of ''R'' on ''M'').
(senseid) The product of energy and time, especially the product of the function|Lagrangian and time.
The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
spin put on the bowling ball.
A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds.
(RQ:Smollett Peregrine Pickle)
(RQ:Burke Revolution in France)
A religious performance or solemn function, i.e. sermon, a sacramental sermon in the Scots Presbyterian Church.
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A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).
Purposeful behavior.
A demonstration by activists.
(quote-journal) According to Kramer, Act Up will continue AIDS-related organizing, possibly including an action at an early June Washington, D.C., AIDS conference for scientists worldwide.
The opportunity to act during a betting round.
Heavy betting activity.
(senseid) (ng)
(ant)
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To initiate a legal action against someone.
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(uxi)
(l)
(alt form)
(l); act
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(short for)