Synset:action activity natural action
Examples:
- the action of natural forces
- volcanic activity
Derivationally Related Form:active
Hypernyms:physical process process
Inherited Hypernyms:natural processprocessphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:absorptionacidificationadiabatic processaerationantiredepositioncapturecataphoresiscentrifugationchemical actionchemical changechemical processchromatographyclottingcoagulationconcretioncondensationconvectioncurdlingcuringdecaydemagnetisationdemagnetizationdesorptiondielectrolysisdiffusiondisintegrationdissolutiondistillationdistillmentdriftecesisecological successioneffervescenceelectrophoresisestablishmentextinctionextractionfeedbackfiltrationflocculationflowformationfossilisationfossilizationgeologic processgeological processhardeninginactivationion exchangeionisationionizationionophoresisleachleachingmagnetic inductionmagnetisationmagnetizationmaterialisationmaterializationnatural selectionnuclear reactionopacificationoscillationoxygenationpair creationpair formationpair productionphase changephase transitionphysical changeprecession of the equinoxesradiationreleaserigidificationrigidifyingsaltationscatteringselectionsericulturesetsinksoaksoakagesoakingsofteningsolidificationsolidifyingsorptionsourcestate changestiffeningstimulationsuccessionsurvivalsurvival of the fittestsynergismsynergytemperature changetransductiontranspirationvitrification
Full Hyponyms:
ablationabrasionabsorptionacetylationacid-base equilibriumacidificationactivationactive transportacylationadaptive radiationaddition reactionadiabatic processadsorptionadvectionaerationagglutinationaldol reactionalluvionalpha decayalpha radiationammonificationamylolysisanamorphismantiredepositionassociationautocatalysisautolysisbacteriolysisbeach erosionbeta decaybeta radiationbiochemical mechanismbiosynthesisblazeblood coagulationbluingboilingbottom fermentationcalcificationcalcinationcapturecarbon cyclecarbonationcatalysiscavitycentrifugationchain reactionchatter markchelationchemical equilibriumchemical processchemical reactionchemisorptionchemosynthesischlorinationchromatographycleavageclimate changecloudingcold fusioncolumn chromatographycombustionconcretioncondensationcongealmentconvectioncoolingcorpuscular radiationcorrosioncorruptioncrackingcurdlingcytolysisde-iodinationdeaminationdecalcificationdecarboxylationdecaydecoctiondecoction processdecompositiondeflagrationdeflationdegaussingdehydrationdemagnetizationdemineralizationdesalinationdesertificationdesorptiondiastrophismdiffusiondigestiondilapidationdisplacementdissociationdissolutiondissolvingdistillationdouble decompositiondouble replacement reactiondrifteffervescenceelectrolysiselectrophoresiselimination reactionelutionemissionendoergic reactionendothermic reactionepigenesiserosionestablishmentexoergic reactionexothermic reactionextinctionextractionfeedbackfibrinolysisfield emissionfillingfiltrationfirefissionflareflocculationflowflowagefoldfoliationformationfossilizationfreezefreeze-dryingfrostfusiongalvanizationgasificationgassinggeological processglaciationglobal warminghardeninghead seaheat dissipationheat sinkheatinghemolysishydrationhydrocrackinghydrogenationhydrolysisignitionimbibitionimmunoelectrophoresisimpregnationinactivationincrustationinduction heatingindwellerinflowinfusioninpouringinspissationinternal combustionintrusionintumescenceinversioniodinationion exchangeionizationkaryolysiskatamorphismlaminar flowleachleewaylibrationlight reactionliquefactionlysismacerationmagnetizationmaterializationmechanismmeltdownmetamorphismmicrophoningmildewmineral extractionnecrolysisnegative feedbackneutralizationneutron radiationnitrificationnuclear reactionnucleosynthesisopacificationoriginorogenyoscillationosmosisossificationosteolysisoutflowoverheatingoxidationoxidation-reductionoxygenationpair productionpaper chromatographypaper electrophoresispassive transportpeptizationpercolationpermeationpetrifactionphase changephotochemical reactionphotoelectric emissionphotoemissionphotosynthesispittingplanationpolymerizationpositive feedbackpotentiationprecession of the equinoxesprechlorinationprecipitationproteolysispyrochemical processradiant heatingradiationradiolysisrain-washreductionrefillingrefrigerationreleasereticulationreverse osmosisrigor mortisriss glaciationrustsaale glaciationsaltationsaponificationscatteringseasecondary emissionsequestrationsericulturesinkslipstreamsmokesoaksofteningsoil erosionsolvationsorptionsourcesouringspallationspoilagespontaneous combustionstiffeningstimulationstratificationstreamline flowsubductionsuccessionsurvivalsyneresissynergysynthesistemperature changethawthermionic emissionthermocoagulationthermonuclear reactionthrombolysistop fermentationtransaminationtransductiontranspirationtransportturbulent flowultracentrifugationvaporizationvicious circlevinificationvitrificationwashoutwolstonian glaciationzymosis