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subactions

subactions is the plural of subaction.

Meaning of subaction

Noun (1)

subaction (plural subactions)

  1. (obsolete) The act of reducing to any state, such as of mixing two bodies completely.
    • there are of concoction two periods ; the one assimilation , or absolute conversion and subaction ; the other maturation1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William...

Noun (2)

subaction (plural subactions)

  1. An action that makes up part of a more complex action.
    • This is so because efforts, exertions, and endeavorings, if they were to exist, would need to be actions themselves, or parts of actions, or subactions or behaviors of some sort […]2012, Timothy O'Connor, Constantine Sandis, A Companion to the Philosophy of Action

Questions about subactions

What is subactions the plural of?
Subactions is the plural of subaction.

Words near subactions in the dictionary

  1. subact
  2. subacted
  3. subacting
  4. subactinomorphic
  5. subaction
  6. subactions
  7. subactivating
  8. subactive
  9. subactivities
  10. subactivity
  11. subacts

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