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1. Action: If a person's head moves, she may or may not have moved her head, and, if she did move it, she may have actively performed the movement of her head or merely, by doing something else, caused a passive ... (Philosophy) [100%] 2021-12-24
2. Action: An action is a cause, suit, or controversy disputed or contested before a court of justice. [100%] 2023-02-26 [Legal Terms]
3. Action: A functional expressed by the definite integral of a function, the stationary values of which determine a real motion of a mechanical system acted upon by given active forces, in the class of kinematically possible motions between some two final ... (Mathematics) [100%] 2023-10-17
4. Action: In physics, action is a scalar quantity describing how a physical system has changed over time (its dynamics). Action is significant because the equations of motion of the system can be derived through the principle of stationary action. (Physics) [100%] 2023-12-17 [Action (physics)] [Lagrangian mechanics]...
5. Action (philosophy): Philosophy of action is chiefly concerned with human action, intending to distinguish between activity and passivity, voluntary, intentional, culpable and involuntary actions, and related questions. The theory of action is pertinent to legal and ethical questions concerning freedom, intention, belief ... [70%] 2023-02-03
6. Action Point: Action Point es una película estadounidense de comedia y acción dirigida por Tim Kirkby y escrita por John Altschuler, Dave Krinsky y Johnny Knoxville. La película es protagonizada por Johnny Knoxville y Chris Pontius. [70%] 2023-12-22
7. Action (physics): In physics, action is a scalar quantity that describes how the balance of kinetic versus potential energy of a physical system changes with trajectory. Action is quantized: the smallest value ( ℏ / 2 {\displaystyle \hbar /2} ) is limited by Planck's constant. (Physics) [70%] 2024-01-12 [Action (physics)] [Lagrangian mechanics]...
8. Action Packed: Action Packed is a compilation album by Richard Thompson released in 2001. The album is a retrospective look at Thompson's time with Capitol Records and brings together songs from each of the albums that he recorded for that label. [70%] 2023-12-11 [2001 compilation albums] [Richard Thompson (musician) albums]...
9. Direct Action: Act of War: Direct Action is a real-time strategy game developed by Eugen Systems and published by Atari SA. The game was released in March 2005 and features a detailed story written by Dale Brown, a retired captain of ... (Software) [70%] 2023-11-10 [Multiplayer and single-player video games] [Multiplayer online games]...
10. Action management: Action Management is synonymous with business improvement and is a methodology of managing the operational actions that managers and staff need to do to drive better business performance and achieve "business excellence". In all operational areas it is management's ... [70%] 2023-04-12 [Business]
11. Action (firearms): Action in the context of firearms world refers to "The combination of the receiver or frame and breech bolt together with the other parts of the mechanism by which a firearm is loaded, fired and unloaded.". (Firearms) [70%] 2023-03-08 [Firearms Glossary] [Firearms]...
12. Action potential: In physiology, an action potential (AP) occurs when the membrane potential of a specific cell location rapidly rises and falls: this depolarization then causes adjacent locations to similarly depolarize. Action potentials occur in several types of animal cells, called excitable ... (Process by which neurons communicate with each other by changes in their membrane potentials) [70%] 2021-12-23 [Capacitors] [Neural coding]...
13. Action Montreal: Action Montreal was a short-lived municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, that existed from February to April 1994 under the leadership of entrepreneur Claude Beauchamp. Beauchamp began his campaign for mayor of Montreal in November 1993 as the ... [70%] 2023-05-31 [Municipal political parties in Montreal]
14. Action AWE: Action AWE (Action Atomic Weapons Eradication) is a grassroots activist anti-nuclear weapons campaign/group launched in February 2013. Its aim is to increase and activate public opposition to the UK Trident nuclear weapons system, and depleted uranium warheads manufactured ... (Organization) [70%] 2023-12-11 [Anti-nuclear organizations]
15. Action potentials: This animated gif illustrates action potential propagation in an axon. Three types of ion channel are shown: potassium "leak" channels (blue), voltage-gate sodium channels (red) and voltage-gated potassium channels (green). [70%] 2024-01-01 [Physiology]
16. Action Beat: . [70%] 2023-05-17
17. Action serbe: Action serbe (serbe: Србска Акција / Srbska Akcija) est un mouvement ultranationaliste et fasciste clérical, actif en Serbie depuis 2010. Le mouvement Action serbe (Srbska Akcija) a été fondé par un jeune avocat diplômé de la faculté de droit de l'université de Belgrade, au début de l ... [70%] 2023-10-09
18. Action Directe: Este artículo es sobre el grupo radical francés. Para información sobre la teoría política de la acción directa, ver Acción directa. editar datos en Wikidata] Acción Directa (en francés, Action Directe) fue un grupo armado francés de extrema izquierda que ... [70%] 2023-05-17
19. Action Airpark: Action Airpark (FAA LID: I38) was a privately owned, public use ultralight airport in Dearborn County, Indiana, United States. As per FAA records, it was one nautical mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of Hardenstown, Indiana. [70%] 2023-05-22 [Defunct airports in Indiana] [Airports in Indiana]...
20. Action theory: Action theory (or theory of action) is an area in philosophy concerned with theories about the processes causing willful human bodily movements of a more or less complex kind. This area of thought involves epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, jurisprudence, and philosophy ... (Philosophy) [70%] 2023-12-05 [Action (philosophy)] [Free will]...
21. Rural Action: Rural Action is a non-governmental organization working in Appalachian Ohio promoting economic, social and environmental justice. The organization envisions a region of clean streams, healthy forests, thriving family farms, meaningful jobs for everyone and lively towns that remember local ... [70%] 2023-03-17 [Environmental organizations based in the United States]
22. Catholic Action: Catholic Action is the name of groups of lay Catholics who advocate for increased Catholic influence on society. They were especially active in the nineteenth century in historically Catholic countries under anti-clerical regimes such as Spain, Italy, Bavaria, France ... (Roman Catholic movement) [70%] 2022-12-07 [Anti-fascist organizations] [Catholic advocacy groups]...
23. Dudek Action: The Dudek Action is a Polish single-place, paraglider that was designed and produced by Dudek Paragliding of Bydgoszcz. It is now out of production. (Polish single-place paraglider) [70%] 2023-05-07 [Dudek aircraft] [Paragliders]...
24. Action spectrum: The action spectrum is the spectrum of light which correlates to biological activity. For example, in 1881, Thomas W. [70%] 2023-08-07
25. 314 Action: 314 Action is a nonprofit political action committee that seeks to elect scientists in the United States. The mission of 314 Action is to connect people with backgrounds in science, technology, engineering, and math to the skills and funding needed ... [70%] 2023-09-21 [United States political action committees] [Science advocacy organizations]...
26. Action News: Action News is a local television newscast format originating in the United States. First conceived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, it is characterized by a tight format with strict time limits on set packages, a focus on surrounding suburbs, and a focus ... (American television newscast format) [70%] 2023-12-12 [Local news programming in the United States] [American television news shows]...
27. Premium Action: Premium Action è stato un canale televisivo a pagamento edito da Mediaset. Il canale ha cominciato a trasmettere la sua programmazione il 1º aprile 2013. [70%] 2023-12-11
28. Action Reaction: Action Reaction is the debut album by American Post-punk band Get Smart!, released on Enigma Records' "Fever" imprint in 1984. It was originally announced, in Nebraska's "Capitol Punishment", that the album would be released on the "Fresh Sounds ... [70%] 2024-02-02 [1984 debut albums] [Albums produced by Iain Burgess]...
29. Action fiction: Action fiction is a literary genre that focuses on stories that involve high-stakes, high-energy, and fast-paced events. This genre includes a wide range of subgenres, such as spy novels, adventure stories, tales of terror and intrigue ("cloak ... (Fiction-writing mode or genre) [70%] 2024-02-04 [Fiction-writing mode] [Literary genres]...
30. Justified Action: Justified Action is a 1993 Australian film about the head of international security for a corporation who tracks down a Japanese businessman. The film features Don Swayze and Peter Phelps, and is directed by Rene Nagy Jr. [70%] 2023-12-09 [Australian drama films] [1993 films]...
31. Adjoint action: of a Lie group The linear action on the Lie algebra $\frak g$ of the Lie group $G$, denoted by $\operatorname{Ad} : G \rightarrow \operatorname{GL} (\frak g )$, that is defined as follows: Each element $g$ of $G$ induces an ... (Mathematics) [70%] 2023-10-17
32. Collective action: Collective action refers to action taken together by a group of people whose goal is to enhance their condition and achieve a common objective. It is a term that has formulations and theories in many areas of the social sciences ... (Social) [70%] 2024-01-11 [Community building] [Political science terminology]...
33. Peabody action: The Peabody action was an early form of breechloading firearm action, where the heavy breechblock tilted downwards across a bolt mounted in the rear of the breechblock, operated by a lever under the rifle. The Peabody action most often used ... (Engineering) [70%] 2024-01-02 [Firearm actions]
34. Solidarity action: Solidarity action (also known as secondary action, a secondary boycott, a solidarity strike, or a sympathy strike) is industrial action by a trade union in support of a strike initiated by workers in a separate corporation, but often the same ... (Strike action initiated by unionized workers in response to a strike at another location) [70%] 2023-12-11 [Community organizing] [Protest tactics]...
35. Capillary action: Capillary action, capillarity, capillary motion, or wicking is the ability of a substance to draw another substance into it. The standard reference is to a tube in plants but can be seen readily with porous paper. It occurs when the ... [70%] 2023-02-04
36. Civil action: A civil action is an action brought by a plaintiff to enforce or protect private rights. Put another way, a civil action is a legal demand instituted in a court to enforce a right. [70%] 2023-03-10 [Legal Terms]
37. Action-Refraction: Action-Refraction is the tenth album by American bassist Ben Allison. It was released on the Palmetto Records label in 2011. [70%] 2022-12-30 [2011 albums] [Ben Allison albums]...
38. Remedial action: A remedial action is a change made to a nonconforming product or service to address the deficiency. This also can refer to restoration of a landscape from industrial activity Rework and repair are generally the remedial actions taken on products ... [70%] 2023-04-15 [Quality management]
39. Holst action: In the field of theoretical physics, the Holst action is an equivalent formulation of the Palatini action for General Relativity (GR) in terms of vierbeins (4D space-time frame field) by adding a part of a topological term (Nieh-Yan ... (Physics) [70%] 2023-01-19 [General relativity]
40. Eco-action: An eco-action is any action or activity within a program that is intended to have a positive impact on the environment. For this reason it is often used as a synonym for environmental action. [70%] 2022-07-08 [Environmentalism]