"action at a distance" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: actions at a distance [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|actions at a distance}} action at a distance (countable and uncountable, plural actions at a distance)
  1. (physics) The concept that an object can be affected, changed, moved, or otherwise affected without being physically touched by another object. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Hypernyms: action Derived forms: spooky action at a distance Translations (Translations): acció a distància [feminine] (Catalan), agado ĉe distanco (Esperanto), action à distance [feminine] (French), Fernwirkung [feminine] (German), azione a distanza [feminine] (Italian), āctiō in distāns [feminine] (Latin), ação à distância [feminine] (Portuguese), acción a distancia [feminine] (Spanish), uzaktan etki (Turkish)

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