| NOUN | artifact | action mechanism, action | the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism |
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| Meaning | The operating part that transmits power to a mechanism. | |
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| Synonym | action | |
| Part of | gun | A weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel) |
| keyboard | device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like | |
| Parts | key | A lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed |
| Narrower | gunlock, firing mechanism | The action that ignites the charge in a firearm |
| movement | The driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock) | |
| piano action | action consisting of a system of levers that move a felt hammer to strike the strings when a key is depressed | |
| pump action, slide action | action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun | |
| Broader | mechanism | device consisting of a piece of machinery |
| Catalan | acció | |
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