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- English Word Actinomere Definition One of the radial segments composing the body of one of the Coelenterata.
- English Word Actinometer Definition An instrument for measuring the direct heating power of the sun's rays.
- English Word Actinometer Definition An instrument for measuring the actinic effect of rays of light.
- English Word Actinometric Definition Pertaining to the measurement of the intensity of the solar rays, either (a) heating, or (b) actinic.
- English Word Actinometry Definition The measurement of the force of solar radiation.
- English Word Actinometry Definition The measurement of the chemical or actinic energy of light.
- English Word Actinophorous Definition Having straight projecting spines.
- English Word Actinosome Definition The entire body of a coelenterate.
- English Word Actinost Definition One of the bones at the base of a paired fin of a fish.
- English Word Actinostome Definition The mouth or anterior opening of a coelenterate animal.
- English Word Actinotrocha Definition A peculiar larval form of Phoronis, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles.
- English Word Actinozoa Definition A group of Coelenterata, comprising the Anthozoa and Ctenophora. The sea anemone, or actinia, is a familiar example.
- English Word Actinozoal Definition Of or pertaining to the Actinozoa.
- English Word Actinozoon Definition One of the Actinozoa.
- English Word Actinula Definition A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (Tubularia), having a stellate form.
- English Word Action Definition A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of power exerted on one body by another; agency; activity; operation; as, the action of heat; a man of action.
- English Word Action Definition An act; a thing done; a deed; an enterprise. (pl.): Habitual deeds; hence, conduct; behavior; demeanor.
- English Word Action Definition The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
- English Word Action Definition Movement; as, the horse has a spirited action.
- English Word Action Definition Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun.