ACTION MECHANISM

Pronunciation (US):

• ACTION MECHANISM (noun)
  The noun ACTION MECHANISM has 1 sense:

1. the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism

  Familiarity information: ACTION MECHANISM used as a noun is very rare.

• ACTION MECHANISM (noun)

Meaning:

The operating part that transmits power to a mechanism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

action mechanism; action

Context example:

the piano had a very stiff action

Hypernyms ("action mechanism" is a kind of...):

mechanism (device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function)

Meronyms (parts of "action mechanism"):

key (a lever that actuates a mechanism when depressed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "action mechanism"):

firing mechanism; gunlock (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; a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round)

Holonyms ("action mechanism" is a 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)