Action
(n.) A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest |
Action
(n.) An act |
Action
(n.) The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition |
Action
(n.) Movement |
Action
(n.) Effective motion |
Action
(n.) Any one of the active processes going on in an organism |
Action
(n.) Gesticulation |
Action
(n.) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted. |
Action
(n.) A suit or process, by which a demand is made of a right in a court of justice |
Action
(n.) A right of action |
Action
(n.) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds |
Action
(n.) An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water |
Action
(n.) The mechanical contrivance by means of which the impulse of the player's finger is transmitted to the strings of a pianoforte or to the valve of an organ pipe. |
Radius
(n.) A right line drawn or extending from the center of a circle to the periphery |
Radius
(n.) The preaxial bone of the forearm, or brachium, corresponding to the tibia of the hind limb. See Illust. of Artiodactyla. |
Radius
(n.) A ray, or outer floret, of the capitulum of such plants as the sunflower and the daisy. See Ray, 2. |
Radius
(n.) The barbs of a perfect feather. |
Radius
(n.) Radiating organs, or color-markings, of the radiates. |
Radius
(n.) The movable limb of a sextant or other angular instrument. |
Radius vector
() A straight line (or the length of such line) connecting any point, as of a curve, with a fixed point, or pole, round which the straight line turns, and to which it serves to refer the successive points of a curve, in a system of polar coordinates. See Coordinate, n. |
Radius vector
(n.) An ideal straight line joining the center of an attracting body with that of a body describing an orbit around it, as a line joining the sun and a planet or comet, or a planet and its satellite. |
Self-action
(n.) Action by, or originating in, one's self or itself. |
Sphere
(n.) A body or space contained under a single surface, which in every part is equally distant from a point within called its center. |
Sphere
(n.) Hence, any globe or globular body, especially a celestial one, as the sun, a planet, or the earth. |
Sphere
(n.) The apparent surface of the heavens, which is assumed to be spherical and everywhere equally distant, in which the heavenly bodies appear to have their places, and on which the various astronomical circles, as of right ascension and declination, the equator, ecliptic, etc., are conceived to be drawn |
Sphere
(n.) In ancient astronomy, one of the concentric and eccentric revolving spherical transparent shells in which the stars, sun, planets, and moon were supposed to be set, and by which they were carried, in such a manner as to produce their apparent motions. |
Sphere
(n.) The extension of a general conception, or the totality of the individuals or species to which it may be applied. |
Sphere
(n.) Circuit or range of action, knowledge, or influence |
Sphere
(n.) Rank |
Sphere
(n.) An orbit, as of a star |
Sphere
(v. t.) To place in a sphere, or among the spheres |
Sphere
(v. t.) To form into roundness |
act
deed
human action
human activity | something that people do or cause to happen |
| action | something done (usually as opposed to something said), there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions |
course
course of action | a mode of action, if you persist in that course you will surely fail, once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place |
| maneuver manoeuvre evasive action | an action aimed at evading an opponent |
performance
execution carrying out carrying into action | the act of performing, of doing something successfully, using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it, they criticised his performance as mayor, experience generally improves performance |
| action | 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 |
reflex
reflex response
reflex action
instinctive reflex
innate reflex
inborn reflex
unconditioned reflex
physiological reaction | an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus |
military action
action | a military engagement, he saw action in Korea |
| police action | a local military action without declaration of war, against violators of international peace and order |
replay
instant replay
action replay | the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape |
| group action | action taken by a group of people |
| direct action | a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands |
legal action
action action at law | a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another, one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong |
| action | an act by a government body or supranational organization, recent federal action undermined the segregationist position, the United Nations must have the power to propose and organize action without being hobbled by irrelevant issues, the Union action of emancipating Southern slaves |
class action
class-action suit | a lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group |
| civil action | legal action to protect a private civil right or to compel a civil remedy (as distinguished from criminal prosecution) |
| job action | a temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demands |
Abstract Expressionism
action painting | a New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions, the first important school of American painting to develop independently of European styles |
action
action mechanism | the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism, the piano had a very stiff action |
arena
scene of action | a playing field where sports events take place |
armillary sphere
armilla | a celestial globe consisting of metal hoops, used by early astronomers to determine the positions of stars |
| delayed action | a mechanism that automatically delays the release of a camera shutter for a fixed period of time so that the photographer can appear in the picture |
| piano action | action consisting of a system of levers that move a felt hammer to strike the strings when a key is depressed |
pump action
slide action | action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun, a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round |
| sphere | any spherically shaped artifact |
spoke
wheel spoke
radius | support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim |
| action | the trait of being active and energetic and forceful, a man of action |
radius
r | the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere |
| radius of curvature | the radius of the circle of curvature, the absolute value of the reciprocal of the curvature of a curve at a given point |
| right of action | the legal right to sue |
| radius | the outer and slightly shorter of the two bones of the human forearm |
possibility possible action
opening | a possible alternative, bankruptcy is always a possibility |
impossibility
impossible action | an alternative that is not available |
sector
sphere | a particular aspect of life or activity, he was helpless in an important sector of his life |
| radius vector | a line connecting a point in space to the origin of a polar coordinate system |
| radius vector | a line connecting a satellite to the center of the body around which it is rotating |
| law of mass action | (chemistry) the law that states the following principle: the rate of a chemical reaction is directly proportional to the molecular concentrations of the reacting substances |
third law of motion
Newton's third law of motion
Newton's third law
law of action and reaction | action and reaction are equal and opposite |
| plan of action | a plan for actively doing something |
mass-action principle
mass action | (neurology) the principle that the cortex of the brain operates as a coordinated system with large masses of neural tissue involved in all complex functioning |
| action | the series of events that form a plot, his novels always have a lot of action |
| social action | a social policy of reform (especially socioeconomic reform) |
| affirmative action | a policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunities, affirmative action has been extremely controversial and was challenged in in the Bakke decision |
| cause of action | a claim sufficient to demand judicial attention, the facts that give rise to right of action |
| action potential | the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted |
Lautaro Youth Movement
Lautaro Faction of the United Popular Action Movement
Lautaro Popular Rebel Forces | a violent terrorist group organized in the s and advocating the overthrow of the Chilean military government, leaders are mainly criminals or impoverished youths |
party to the action
party to the transaction | a party of people taking a role in legal proceedings |
political action committee
PAC | committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates |
celestial sphere
sphere empyrean
firmament
heavens
vault of heaven
welkin | the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected |
| radius | a circular region whose area is indicated by the length of its radius, they located it within a radius of miles |