actuation

English

Etymology

From actuate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

actuation (countable and uncountable, plural actuations)

1. The act of putting into motion.

   Although an operator presses the button, the actuation is done by an immense series of levers and cranks.

   • 1954 February, “Third Class Corridor Brake Coaches for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 133:

     All the outside passenger doors are fitted with drop windows and outside actuation locks, and each end of the car has a Pullman type gangway.

Derived terms

• bioactuation
• microactuation
• piezoactuation
• underactuation

 

Translations

act of putting into motion

• German: Ingangsetzung f, Aktivierung (de) f, Inbewegungsetzung f
• Spanish: accionamiento (es) m