actuationnoun [ U ]
/ˌæk.tʃuˈeɪ.ʃən//ˌæk.tʃuˈeɪ.ʃən/formal or specializedthe fact of making a machine start to work or a process start to happen:
They carried out tests on the actuation of safety features.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Causing things to happen
- -ization
- -ize
- actuate
- agent
- awaken (sth) in sb
- be associated with sth
- beget
- blaze a trail idiom
- draw
- fuel
- instigator
- introduce
- jumping-off point
- lie
- plant
- produce
- rise
- usher sth in
- wreak
- wrought
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