actuation
nounUS /ˈækt͡ʃu.eɪʃən/
Etymology From actuate + -ion.
1
The act of putting into motion.
- Although an operator presses the button, the actuation is done by an immense series of levers and cranks.
- All the outside passenger doors are fitted with drop windows and outside actuation locks, and each end of the car has a Pullman type gangway.1954 February, “Third Class Corridor Brake Coaches for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 133:
- Derived terms
- bioactuation, microactuation, piezoactuation, underactuation