Actuation

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Actuation \Ac`tu*a"tion\, n. [Cf. LL. actuatio.]
     A bringing into action; movement. --Bp. Pearson.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  actuation
       n : the act of propelling [syn: {propulsion}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "actuation":
     activity, animation, direction, dynamics, going, influence,
     inner-direction, kinematics, kinesipathy, kinesis, kinesitherapy,
     kinetics, mobilization, motion, motivation, move, movement, moving,
     other-direction, prompting, restlessness, running, stimulation,
     stir, stirring, unrest, velocity