Look up Action or action in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Action may refer to: Action (philosophy), something which is done by a person Action (narrative)...
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ACTION (Australian Capital Territory Internal Omnibus Network) is a bus operator in Canberra, Australia, and is owned by the Government of the Australian...
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Action Action Action (aka Action) is an album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean recorded in 1964 and released on the Blue Note label. It features McLean...
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"Action & Action" is the second single from The Get Up Kids' album Something to Write Home About. The single was released in Europe and North America...
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The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes...
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Action Action is an American indie rock band, formerly signed to Victory Records. Action Action was formed in 2004 by members of The Reunion Show, Count...
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Killed in action (KIA) is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own personnel at the hands of enemy or...
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Climate action (or climate change action) refers to a range of activities, mechanisms, policy instruments, and so forth that aim at reducing the severity...
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Live action is a form of cinematography or videography that uses photography instead of animation. Some works combine live action with animation to create...
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An action game is a video game genre that emphasizes physical challenges, including hand–eye coordination and reaction time. The genre includes a large...
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Action comedy (often listed with a hyphen as action-comedy) is a genre that combines aspects of action and comedy. AllMovie describes action comedy films...
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In Action may refer to: In Action, a 1960 album by Little Willie John In Action, a 1962 album by The Chad Mitchell Trio In Action (Menudo album) In Action...
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An action-adventure game is a video game hybrid genre that combines core elements from both the action game and adventure game genres. Typically, classical...
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Affirmative action (also sometimes called reservations, alternative access, positive discrimination or positive action in various countries' laws and policies)...
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Actionism may refer to: Viennese Actionism, a school of art which started in Vienna, Austria A term used by Theodor W. Adorno to refer to the left-wing...
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Industrial action (British English) or job action (American English) is a temporary show of dissatisfaction by employees—especially a strike or slowdown...
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Wounded in action (WIA) describes combatants who have been wounded while fighting in a combat zone during wartime, but have not been killed. Typically...
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Double action (or double-action) refers to one of two systems in firearms where the trigger both cocks and releases the hammer. Double-action only (DAO)...
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The Action were an English band of the 1960s, formed as the Boys in August 1963, in Kentish Town, North West London. They were part of the mod subculture...
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A class action, also known as a class action lawsuit, class suit, or representative action, is a type of lawsuit where one of the parties is a group of...
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Action Center is a notification center included with Windows Phone 8.1, Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile. It was introduced with Windows Phone 8.1 in July...
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An action potential occurs when the membrane potential of a specific cell rapidly rises and falls. This depolarization then causes adjacent locations to...
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Direct action is a term for economic and political behavior in which participants use agency—for example economic or physical power—to achieve their goals...
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is chronological list of action films split by decade. Often there may be considerable overlap particularly between action and other genres (including...
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Action art may refer to: Action painting, a form of abstract expressionism Performance art and art intervention This disambiguation page lists articles...
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Missing in action (MIA) is a casualty classification assigned to combatants, military chaplains, combat medics, and prisoners of war who are reported missing...
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In physics, action at a distance is the concept that an object's motion can be affected by another object without being in physical contact with it; that...
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Capillary action (sometimes called capillarity, capillary motion, capillary rise, capillary effect, or wicking) is the process of a liquid flowing in a...
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Action principles lie at the heart of fundamental physics, from classical mechanics through quantum mechanics, particle physics, and general relativity...
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A cause of action or right of action, in law, is a set of facts sufficient to justify suing to obtain money or property, or to justify the enforcement...
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