ACTUATION

 Dictionary entry overview: What does actuation mean? 

• ACTUATION (noun)
  The noun ACTUATION has 1 sense:

1. the act of propelling

  Familiarity information: ACTUATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACTUATION (noun)

Meaning:

The act of propelling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

actuation; propulsion

Hypernyms ("actuation" is a kind of...):

deed; effort; exploit; feat (a notable achievement)

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

launch; launching (the act of propelling with force)

shooting; shot (the act of firing a projectile)

rolling; wheeling (propelling something on wheels)

lob (the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc)

jump; jumping (the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground)

ejection; expulsion; forcing out; projection (the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting)

heave; lift; raise (the act of raising something)

pull; pulling (the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you)

push; pushing (the act of applying force in order to move something away)

throw (the act of throwing (propelling something through the air with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist))

roll (the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling))

drive; driving force; thrust (the act of applying force to propel something)

launching (the act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time)

dribble; dribbling (the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks)