Action

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Action may refer to:

• Action theory (philosophy), concerning the processes causing intentional (willful) human bodily movements
• Social actions, person taking account of others
• Action (music), a characteristic of a stringed instrument
• Action (fiction), a genre in various formats, specifically:
• Action film
• Action (physics), an attribute of the dynamics of a physical system
• Action (piano), the mechanism which drops the hammer on the string when a key is pressed
• Firearm action, the mechanism that manipulates cartridges and/or seals the breech
• Action (theatre), a principle in Western theatre practice first developed by Konstantin Stanislavski as part of his System of acting training

Music

• The Action, a 1960s band
• Action Records (music) an indie record label
• Action (Punchline album)
• Action (B'z album)
• Action (Jackie McLean album)
• "Action" (song), a 1976 song by Sweet
• "Feeling This" or "Action", a song by Blink-182
• Action, a 1984 album by Kiddo
• Action, a 1967 album by ? and the Mysterians
• "Action", the theme song to the TV series Where the Action Is and a 1965 hit by Freddy Cannon

Dramatic works

• Action (radio), a 1945 radio program
• Action (comics), a British comic book published in 1976–1977
• Action (TV series), a comedy series on FOX in 1999–2000
• Action (1921 film), a 1921 film by John Ford
• Action (play), a 1975 play by Sam Shepard

Businesses and organizations

• Action (supermarkets), an Australian supermarket chain
• ACTION, an Australian public transport company
• ACTION (U.S. government agency), a former United States government agency
• Action Ambulance, an emergency care and ambulance service

Science and technology

• Group action, in mathematics a relation between an algebraic group and a set
• Action (physics), an attribute of the development of a system over a period of time
• Action (UML), a specific piece of functionality in the Unified Modeling Language
• Firearm action, a system of operation in a firearm
• Structural load or action
• Actions, a building block of web applications on the Apache Struts framework

Other

• Action (literature)
• Action (TV), a French television channel
• Action (TV channel), a Canadian digital cable channel
• Action, a break dancer in the New York City Breakers

See also

• Action! (disambiguation)
• Action game, a type of game
• Action painting, a style of painting
• Collective action, the provision of public goods through collaboration
• Direct action, an instance of political activism
• Group action in mathematics
• Lawsuit, sometimes called a civil action and actio
• Military action (combat), a scale of combat within the hierarchy of combat
• Social actions, which take into account actions and reactions of other individuals
• Strike action, a deliberate absence from work

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