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Action

Action can be used in different contexts:

Action movie
Action game
Action Comics, an American comic book series featuring Superman
Action, a British comic of the 1970s
In physics, the action is a crucial concept in Lagrangian mechanics
In philosophy, action is effective will
Civil action or lawsuit
Collective action
Direct action is the political term for acting on things that directly affect you.
Slang for sexual activity
Military action
Firearm action
A 1960s band called The Action.
In group theory, a group action.
Action programming language for Atari microcomputers
ACTION , a theory for acting.
Action, a 1999 television series.
ACTION (bus service) , public transport system in Canberra, Australia
the mechanical parts linking a keyboard to the "business end" of the device
Refers to the distance separating the strings and the fretboard on the guitar

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