Definition of Action mechanism

1. Noun. The operating part that transmits power to a mechanism. "The piano had a very stiff action"

Exact synonyms: Action
Group relationships: Gun, Keyboard
Specialized synonyms: Firing Mechanism, Gunlock, Movement, Piano Action, Pump Action, Slide Action
Terms within: Key
Generic synonyms: Mechanism

Lexicographical Neighbors of Action Mechanism

action-packed
action adventure
action adventures
action at law
action current
action doll
action dolls
action figure
action figures
action film
action group
action hero
action item
action items
action man
action mechanism (current term)
action men
action movie
action movies
action officer
action painting
action plan
action plant
action potential
action potentials
action replay
action spectrum
action star
action stations
action tremor

Literary usage of Action mechanism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text Book of the Physics of Agriculture by Franklin Hiram King (1907)
"PHYSICS OF PLANT BREATHING AND ROOT ACTION. MECHANISM AND METHOD OF TRANSPIRATION IN PLANTS. 170. Breathing of Plants and Animals. ..."

2. The Mind of Man: Being a Natural System of Mental Philosophy by Alfred Smee (1875)
"THEORY OF MENTAL ACTION. Mechanism of organs of sensation voltaic—Nervous system a system of compound voltaic batteries—Influence of voltaic electricity on ..."

3. The Primer of Psychology by Edward Bradford Titchener (1906)
"The forms of action. mechanism of the movements ready-made, we inherit strong tendencies or dispositions towards them. For automatic movements cf. ..."

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