A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose.
A religious performance or solemn function, i.e. action sermon, a sacramental sermon in the Scots Presbyterian Church.
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.
The effort of performing or doing something.
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).
A way of motion or functioning.
The way in which a mechanical device acts when used; especially a firearm.
Fast-paced activity.
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 distance separating the strings and the fretboard on a guitar or other string instrument.
A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual structures. The pairing is typically a Cartesian product or a tensor product. The object that is not part of the output is said to act on the other object. In any given context, action is used as an abbreviation for a more fully named notion, like group action or left group action.
The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
Sexual intercourse.
Combat.
spin put on the bowling ball.
The product of energy and time, especially the product of the Lagrangian and time.
The way in which cartridges are loaded, locked, and extracted from the mechanism.
arrogant
Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually a performance.
To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
A path of succession of states through which a system passes.
A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries.
The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.
A series of events which produce a result (the product).
An executable task or program.
A structure that arises above a surface.
An outgrowth of tissue or cell.
To perform a particular process on a thing.
To develop photographic film.
To take legal proceedings against.
To walk in a procession
To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.
To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.