"actuation" meaning in English

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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "bioactuation"
        },
        {
          "word": "microactuation"
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        {
          "word": "piezoactuation"
        },
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          "word": "underactuation"
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        {
          "text": "Although an operator presses the button, the actuation is done by an immense series of levers and cranks.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1954 February, “Third Class Corridor Brake Coaches for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 133:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "The act of putting into motion."
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          "motion",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "act of putting into motion",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Ingangsetzung"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "act of putting into motion",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Aktivierung"
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        {
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          "sense": "act of putting into motion",
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          "word": "Inbewegungsetzung"
        },
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "act of putting into motion",
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          "word": "accionamiento"
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      "rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
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  "word": "actuation"
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      "word": "bioactuation"
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      "word": "piezoactuation"
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      "word": "underactuation"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of putting into motion",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "Ingangsetzung"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of putting into motion",
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      "word": "Aktivierung"
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      "sense": "act of putting into motion",
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    },
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      "sense": "act of putting into motion",
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  "word": "actuation"
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