actuation
Americannoun
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the state or condition of being impelled or moved to action.
Research has shown that youth more easily transition to adulthood when they are supported in developing internal actuation and the self-confidence to work toward accomplishing goals.
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the state or process of being put into action.
A button located on the lightpole allows for pedestrian actuation of the flashing yellow lights.
The bottom handles must be either removed or redesigned to prevent unintended actuation in case of an accident.
Etymology
Origin of actuation
Example Sentences
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Physical AI agents are built on three key blocks: perception, cognition and actuation, the analysts note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
The key detail in the weapon debris was the tail actuation system, which controls the fins that guide the GBU-39 to a target, according to Trevor Ball, a former U.S.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2024
"In other words, we watched the electromechanical actuation as it was happening, so we could see the mechanism for the large shape changes," Martin said.
From Science Daily ● May 23, 2024
“This team has brought chemically powered actuation to impressive length scales for robotics while also demonstrating impressive capabilities for insect-scale machines,” says Ryan Truby, a materials scientist at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 18, 2023
As a babe is without malice negatively, so you must be positively and by actuation, that is, full of love and meekness; as the babe is unresisting, so must you be docile, and so on.
From The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Coleridge, Henry Nelson
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