Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 19
Actinaria (n. pl.) A large division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not.
Acting (a.) Operating in any way.
Acting (a.) Doing duty for another; officiating; as, an acting superintendent.
Actiniae (n. pl. ) of Actinia.
Actinias (n. pl. ) of Actinia.
Actinia (n.) An animal of the class Anthozoa, and family Actinidae. From a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are often called animal flowers and sea anemones. [See Polyp.].
Actinia (n.) A genus in the family Actinidae.
Actinic (a.) Of or pertaining to actinism; as, actinic rays.
Actiniform (a.) Having a radiated form, like a sea anemone.
Actinism (n.) The property of radiant energy (found chiefly in solar or electric light) by which chemical changes are produced, as in photography.
Actinium (n.) A supposed metal, said by Phipson to be contained in commercial zinc; -- so called because certain of its compounds are darkened by exposure to light.
Actino-chemistry (n.) Chemistry in its relations to actinism.
Actinograph (n.) An instrument for measuring and recording the variations in the actinic or chemical force of rays of light.
Actinoid (a.) Having the form of rays; radiated, as an actinia.
Actinolite (n.) A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses.
Actinolitic (a.) Of the nature of, or containing, actinolite.
Actinology (n.) The science which treats of rays of light, especially of the actinic or chemical rays.
Actinomere (n.) One of the radial segments composing the body of one of the Coelenterata.
Actinometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the direct heating power of the sun's rays.
Actinometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the actinic effect of rays of light.
Actinometric (a.) Pertaining to the measurement of the intensity of the solar rays, either (a) heating, or (b) actinic.
Actinometry (n.) The measurement of the force of solar radiation.
Actinometry (n.) The measurement of the chemical or actinic energy of light.
Actinophorous (a.) Having straight projecting spines.
Actinosome (n.) The entire body of a coelenterate.
Actinost (n.) One of the bones at the base of a paired fin of a fish.
Actinostome (n.) The mouth or anterior opening of a coelenterate animal.
Actinotrocha (n. pl.) A peculiar larval form of Phoronis, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles.
Actinozoa (n. pl.) A group of Coelenterata, comprising the Anthozoa and Ctenophora. The sea anemone, or actinia, is a familiar example.
Actinozoal (a.) Of or pertaining to the Actinozoa.
Actinozoon (n.) One of the Actinozoa.
Actinula (n. pl.) A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (Tubularia), having a stellate form.
Action (n.) 行動；行為；活動 [U] [C]；作用 [U]；情節 [the S] 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.
One wise in council, one in action brave. -- Pope.
Action (n.) An act; a thing done; a deed; an enterprise. (pl.): Habitual deeds; hence, conduct; behavior; demeanor.
The Lord is a Good of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. -- 1 Sam. ii.
Action (n.) 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.
Action (n.) Movement; as, the horse has a spirited action.
Action (n.) (Mech.) Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun.
Action (n.) (Physiol.) Any one of the active processes going on in an organism; the performance of a function; as, the action of the heart, the muscles, or the gastric juice.
Action (n.) (Orat.) Gesticulation; the external deportment of the speaker, or the suiting of his attitude, voice, gestures, and countenance, to the subject, or to the feelings.
Action (n.) (Paint. & Sculp.) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
Action (n.) (Law) A suit or process, by which a demand is made of a right in a court of justice; in a broad sense, a judicial proceeding for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense.
Action (n.) (Law) A right of action; as, the law gives an action for every claim.
Action (n.) (Com.) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds; hence, in the plural, equivalent to stocks. [A Gallicism] [Obs.]
The Euripus of funds and actions. -- Burke.
Action (n.) An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water; a battle; a fight; as, a general action, a partial action.
Action (n.) (Music) The mechanical contrivance by means of which the impulse of the player's finger is transmitted to the strings of a pianoforte or to the valve of an organ pipe. -- Grove.
{Chose in action}. (Law) See {Chose}.
{Quantity of action} (Physics), The product of the mass of a body by the space it runs through, and its velocity.
Syn: {Action}, {Act}.
Usage: In many cases action and act are synonymous; but some distinction is observable. Action involves the mode or process of acting, and is usually viewed as occupying some time in doing. Act has more reference to the effect, or the operation as complete.
To poke the fire is an act, to reconcile friends who have quarreled is a praiseworthy action. -- C. J. Smith.
Action (n.) Something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions".
Action (n.) The state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action" [syn: {action}, {activity}, {activeness}] [ant: {inaction}, {inactiveness}, {inactivity}].
Action (n.) A military engagement; "he saw action in Korea" [syn: {military action}, {action}].
Action (n.) A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity" [syn: {natural process}, {natural action}, {action}, {activity}].
Action (n.) The series of events that form a plot; "his novels always have a lot of action".
Action (n.) The trait of being active and energetic and forceful; "a man of action".
Action (n.) The operating part that transmits power to a mechanism; "the piano had a very stiff action" [syn: {action}, {action mechanism}].
Action (n.) A judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong [syn: {legal action}, {action}, {action at law}].
Action (n.) An act by a government body or supranational organization; "recent federal action undermined the segregationist position"; "the United Nations must have the power to propose and organize action without being hobbled by irrelevant issues"; "the Union action of emancipating Southern slaves".
Action (n.) The most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field; "the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds"; "gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible".
Action (v.) Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination" [syn: {action}, {sue}, {litigate}, {process}].
Action (v.) Put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation" [syn: {carry through}, {accomplish}, {execute}, {carry out}, {action}, {fulfill}, {fulfil}].
Action (n.), Prohibitory, civil law. An action instituted to avoid a sale on account of some Vice or defect in the thing sold which readers it either absolutely useless, or its use so inconvenient and, imperfect, that it must be, supposed the buyer would not have purchased it, had he known of the vice. Civ. Code of Louis. art. 2496.
Action (n.), French com. law. Stock in a company, shares in a corporation.
Action (n.), In practice. Actio nihil aliud est, quam jus persequendi in judicio quod sibi debetur. Just. Inst. Lib. 4, tit. 6; Vinnius, Com. Actions are divided into criminal and civil. Bac. Abr. Actions, A.
Action (n.) A criminal action is a prosecution in a court of justice in the name of the government, against one or more individuals accused of a crime. See 1 Chitly's Cr. Law.
Action (n.) A civil action is a legal demand of one's right, or it is the form given by law for the recovery of that which is due. Co. Litt. 285; 3 Bl. Com. 116; 9 Bouv. Inst. n. 2639; Domat. Supp. des Lois Civiles, liv. 4, tit. 1, No. 1; Poth. Introd. generale aux Coutumes, 109; 1 Sell. Pr. Introd. s. 4, p. 73. Ersk. Princ. of Scot. Law, B. 41 t. 1. Sec. 1. Till judgment the writ is properly called an action, but not after, and therefore, a release of all actions is regularly no bar of all execution. Co. Litt. 289 a; Roll. Ab. 291. They are real, personal and mixed. An action is real or personal, according as realty or personalty is recovered; not according to the nature of the defence. Willes' Rep. 134.
Action (n.) Real actions are those brought for the specific recovery of lands, tenements, or hereditaments. Steph. Pl. 3. They are either procedural, when the demandant seeks to recover the property; or possessory when he endeavors to obtain the possession. Finch's Law, 257, 8. See Bac. Abr. Actions, A, contra. Real Actions are, 1st. Writs of right; 2dly, Writs of entry, which lie in the per, the per et cui, or the post, upon disseisin, intrusion, or alienation. 3dly. Writs ancestral possessory, as Mort d' ancester, aid, vbesaiel[?], cosinage, or Nuper obiit. Com. Dig. Actions, D 2. By these actions formerly all disputes concerning real estate, were decided; but now they are pretty generally laid aside in practice, upon account of the great nicety required in their management, and the inconvenient length of their process; a much more expeditious, method of trying titles being since introduced by other actions, personal and mixed. 3 Bl. Com. 118. See Booth on Real Actions.
Action (n.) Personal actions are those brought for the specific recovery of goods and chattels; or for damages or other redress for breach of contract, or other injuries, of whatever description; the specific recovery of lands, tenements, and hereditaments only excepted. Steph. Pl. 3; Com. Dig. Actions, D 3; 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 2641. Personal actions arise either upon contracts, or for wrongs independently of contracts. The former are account, assumpsit, covenant, debt, and detinue; see these words. In Connecticut and Vermont there is, an action used which is peculiar to those states, called the action of book debt. 2 Swift's Syst. Ch. 15. The actions for wrongs, injuries, or torts, are trespass on the case, replevin, trespass, trover. See these words, and see Actio personalis moritur cum persona.
Action (n.) Mixed actions are such as appertain, in some degree, to both the former classes, and, therefore, are properly reducible to neither of them, being brought for the specific recovery of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, and for damages for injury sustained in respect of such property. Steph. Pl. 3; Co. Litt. 284, b; Com. Dig. Actions, D 4. Every mixed action, properly so called, is also a real action. The action of ejectment is a personal action, and formerly, a count for an assault and battery might be joined with a count for the recovery of a term of Years in land.
Compare: Sustained
Sustained (a.) 持久的；持續的；sustain 的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Maintained at length without interruption or weakening; "sustained flight".
Sustained (a.) (Of an electric arc) Continuous; "heat transfer to the anode in free burning arcs" [syn: free burning, sustained].
Action (n.) Actions are also divided into those which are local and such as are transitory.
Action (n.) A local action is one in which the venue must still be laid in the county, in which the cause of action actually arose. The locality of actions is founded in some cases, on common law principles, in others on the statute law.
Action (n.) Of those which continue local, by the common law, are, 1st, all actions in which the subject or thing to be recovered is in its nature local. Of this class are real actions, actions of waste, when brought on the statute of Gloucester, (6 Edw. I.) to recover with the damages, the locus in quo or place wasted; and actions of ejectment. Bac. Abr. Actions Local, &c. A, a; Com. Dig. Actions, N 1; 7 Co. 2 b; 2 Bl. Rep. 1070. All these are local, because they are brought to recover the seisin or possession of lands or tenements, which are local subjects.
Action (n.) Various actions which do not seek the direct recovery of lands or tenements, are also local, by the common law; because they arise out of some local subject, or the violation of some local right or interest.
For example, the action of quare impedit is local, inasmuch as the benefice, in the right of presentation to which the plaintiff complains of being obstructed, is so. 7 Co. 3 a; 1 Chit. Pl. 271; Com. Dig. Actions, N 4. Within this class of cases are also many actions in which only pecuniary damages are recoverable. Such are the common law action of waste, and trespass quare clausum fregit; as likewise trespass on the case for injuries affecting things real, as for nuisances to houses or lands; disturbance of rights of way or of common; obstruction or diversion of ancient water courses, &c. 1 Chit. Pl. 271; Gould on Pl. ch. 3, Sec. 105, 106, 107. The action of replevin, also, though it lies for damages only, and does not arise out of the violation of any local right, is nevertheless local. 1 Saund. 347, n. 1. The reason of its locality appears to be the necessity of giving a local description of the taking complained of. Gould on Pl. ch. 3, Sec. 111. A scire facias upon a record, (which is an action, 2 Term Rep. 46,) although to some intents, a continuation of the original suit, 1 Term Rep. 388, is also local.
Action (n.) Personal actions which seek nothing more than the recovery of money or personal chattels of any kind, are in most cases transitory, whether they sound in tort or in contract; Com. Dig. Actions, N 12; 1 Chit. Pl. 273; because actions of this class are, in most instances, founded on the violation of rights which, in contemplation of law, have no locality. 1 Saund. 241, b, note 6. And it will be found true, as a general position, that actions ex delicto, in which a mere personalty is recoverable, are, by the common law, transitory; except when founded upon, or arising out of some local subject. Gould on Pl. ch. 3, Sec. 112. The venue in a transitory action may be laid in any county which the plaintiff may prefer. Bac. Abr. Actions Local, &c. A. (a.)
Action (n.) In the civil law actions are divided into real, personal, and mixed.
A real action, according to the civil law, is that which he who is the owner of a thing, or, has a right in it, has against him who is in possession of it, to compel him to give up the plaintiff, or to permit him to enjoy the right he has in it. It is a right which a person has in a thing, follows the thing, and may be instituted against him who possesses it; and this whether the thing be movable or immovable and, in the sense of the common law, whether the thing be real or personal. See Domat, Supp. des Lois Civiles, Liv. 4, tit. 1, n. 5; Pothier, Introd. Generales aux Coutumes 110; Ersk. Pr. Scot. Law, B. 4, t. 1, Sec. 2.
Action (n.) A personal action is that which a creditor has against his debtor, to compel him to fulfill his engagement. Pothier, lb. Personal actions are divided into civil actions and criminal actions. The former are those which are instituted to compel the payment or to do some other thing purely civil the latter are those by which the plaintiff asks the reparation of a tort or injury which he or those who belong to him have sustained. Sometimes these two kinds of actions are united when they assume the name of mixed personal actions. Domat, Supp. des Lois Civiles, Liv. 4, tit. 1, n. 4; 1 Brown's Civ. Law, 440.
Action (n.) Mixed actions participate both of personal and real actions. Such are the actions of partition, and to compel the parties to put down landmarks or boundaries. Domat, ubi supra.
Action (n.) Conduct, behaviour, something done. Nomen actionis latissime patere vulgo notum est ac comprehenders omnem omnino viventis operationem quae passioni opponitur. Vinnius, Com. lib. 4, tit. 6. De actionibus.
Action (n.) Human actions have been divided into necessary actions, or those over which man has no control; and into free actions, or such as he can control at his pleasure. As man is responsible only when he exerts his will, it is clear lie can be punished only for the latter.
Action (n.) Actions are also divided into positives and negative the former is called an act of commission the latter is the omission of something which ought to be done, and is called an act of omission. A man may be responsible as well for acts of omission, as for acts of commission.
Action (n.) Actions are voluntary and involuntary. The former are performed freely and without constraint - the latter are performed not by choice, against one's will or in a manner independent of the will. In general a man is not responsible for his involuntary actions. Yet it has been ruled that if a lunatic hurt a man, he shall be answerable in trespass, although, if he kill a man, it is not felony. See Hob. Rep. 134; Popham, 162; Pam. N. P. 68. See also Duress; Will.
Action tremor (n.) A type of tremor that occurs during voluntary movements, such as lifting a cup to one's mouth.
Actionable (a.) That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable.
Actionably (adv.) In an actionable manner.
Actionary (n.) Alt. of Actionist.
Actionist (n.) A shareholder in joint-stock company.
Actionless (a.) Void of action.
Activa tremor control therapy (n.) The therapy uses an implanted device to deliver mild electrical stimulation to block the brain signals that cause tremor. The therapy stimulates the target nuclei in the thalamus via an insulated wire lead with electrodes that are surgically implanted in the brain and connected to a pulse generator that is implanted near the collarbone. The stimulation level can be adjusted to get the most possible tremor control with minimal side effects.
Activate (v. t.) 使活動起來；使活潑；【化】使活化 To make active. [Obs.]
Activate (v.) Put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits" [syn: trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off].
Activate (v.) Make active or more active; "activate an old file" [ant: deactivate, inactivate].
Activate (v.) Make more adsorptive; "activate a metal".
Activate (v.) Aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter [syn: activate, aerate].
Activate (v.) Make (substances) radioactive.
Active (a.) 活躍的；活潑的；積極的；勤奮； 在活動中的；在進展中的 Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.
Active (a.) Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal.
Active and nervous was his gait. -- Wordsworth.
Active (a.) In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to {quiescent}, {dormant}, or {extinct}; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.
Active (a.) Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to {dull}, {sluggish}, {indolent}, or {inert}; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal.
Active (a.) Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to {sedentary} or to {tranquil}; as, active employment or service; active scenes.
Active (a.) Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to {speculative} or {theoretical}; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.
Active (a.) Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.
Active (a.) Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy.
Active (a.) (Gram.) Applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to {passive}. See {Active voice}, under {Voice}.
Active (a.) Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
Active (a.) Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
{Active capital}, {Active wealth}, Money, or property that may readily be converted into money.
Syn: Agile; alert; brisk; vigorous; nimble; lively; quick; sprightly; prompt; energetic.
Active (a.) Tending to become more severe or wider in scope; "active tuberculosis" [ant: {inactive}].
Active (a.) Engaged in or ready for military or naval operations; "on active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the fighting forces" [syn: {active}, {combat-ready}, {fighting(a)}].
Active (a.) Disposed to take action or effectuate change; "a director who takes an active interest in corporate operations"; "an active antagonism"; "he was active in drawing attention to their grievances" [ant: {inactive}, {passive}].
Active (a.) Taking part in an activity; "an active member of the club"; "he was politically active"; "the participating organizations" [syn: {active}, {participating}].
Active (a.) Characterized by energetic activity; "an active toddler"; "active as a gazelle"; "an active man is a man of action" [ant: {inactive}].
Active (a.) Exerting influence or producing a change or effect; "an active ingredient" [ant: {inactive}].
Active (a.) Full of activity or engaged in continuous activity; "an active seaport"; "an active bond market"; "an active account" [ant: {inactive}].
Active (a.) In operation; "keep hope alive"; "the tradition was still alive"; "an active tradition" [syn: {active}, {alive(p)}].
Active (a.) (Of the sun) Characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions [ant: {quiet}].
Active (a.) Expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: "Hemingway favors active constructions" [ant: {passive}].
Active (a.) (Used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) Expressing action rather than a state of being [syn: {active}, {dynamic}] [ant: {stative}].
Active (a.) (Of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting [ant: {extinct}].
Active (a.) (Of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt; "active volcanos" [ant: {dormant}, {inactive}].
Active (a.) Engaged in full-time work; "active duty"; "though past retirement age he is still active in his profession" [ant: {inactive}].
Active (n.) 活化劑；活性劑 Chemical agent capable of activity [syn: {active agent}, {active}].
Active (n.) 【文】主動語態 [U] The voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb; "`The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice" [syn: {active voice}, {active}] [ant: {passive}, {passive voice}].
Active (n.) 積極分子 [C] A person who is a participating member of an organization; "the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the retirees".
Active (n.) The opposite, of passive. We say active debts, or debts due to us; passive debts are those we owe.
Passive debt (n.) A debt upon which, by agreement between the debtor and creditor, no interest is payable, as distinguished from active debt; i. c., a debt upon which interest is payable. In this sense, the terms “active” and “passive” are applied to certain debts due from the Spanish government to Great Britain. Wharton. In another sense of the words, a debt is “active” or “passive” according as the person of the creditor or debtor is regarded ; a passive debt being that which a man owes; an active debt that which is owing to him. In this meaning every debt is both active and passive.
Actively (adv.) 積極地，主動地；活躍地 In an active manner; nimbly; briskly; energetically; also, by one's own action; voluntarily, not passively.
Actively (adv.) (Gram.) In an active signification; as, a word used actively.
Actively (adv.) In an active manner; "he participated actively in the war" [ant: {passively}].
Activeness (n.) 活躍性；積極性；主觀能動性 The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity.
Activeness (n.) The state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action" [syn: {action}, {activity}, {activeness}] [ant: {inaction}, {inactiveness}, {inactivity}].
Activeness (n.) The trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically; "the level of activity declines with age" [syn: {activeness}, {activity}] [ant: {inactiveness}, {inactivity}, {inertia}].
Activism (n.) 激進主義，行動主義 A policy of taking direct and militant action to achieve a political or social goal.
Activist (n.) 激進主義分子，行動主義者 One who is aggressively active on behalf of a cause.
Syn: militant activist
Activist, activistic (a.) Advocating a cause or engaged in activism.
Activistic (a.) Advocating or engaged in activism [syn: {activist}, {activistic}].
Activistic (a.) (In British) Of or relating to activism.
Activist (a.) Advocating or engaged in activism [syn: {activist}, {activistic}].
Activist (n.) A militant reformer [syn: {militant}, {activist}].
Activities (n. pl. ) of Activity.
Activity (n.) 活動；活動力 [U]；行動 [U]；活躍；敏捷 [U]；（某一團體的） 特殊活動；帶消遣性的活動 [P1] The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities.
Actless (a.) Without action or spirit.
Acton (n.) A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail.
Actor (n.) One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.
Actor (n.) A theatrical performer; a stageplayer.
Actor (n.) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
Actor (n.) One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.
Actress (n.) A female actor or doer.
Actress (n.) A female stageplayer; a woman who acts a part.
Actual (a.) 實際的，現實的 Involving or comprising action; active.
Actual (a.) Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; -- opposed to potential, possible, virtual, speculative, conceivable, theoretical, or nominal; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion.
Actual (a.) In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country.
Actual (n.) 實際時間；實際 Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts.
Actual (a.) Presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible; "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different"; "actual and imagined conditions" [syn: {actual}, {existent}] [ant: {possible}, {potential}].
Actual (a.) Taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated; "we saw the actual wedding on television"; "filmed the actual beating".
Actual (a.) Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" [syn: {actual}, {genuine}, {literal}, {real}].
Actual (a.) Existing in act or fact; "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced" [syn: {actual}, {factual}].
Actual (a.) Being or existing at the present moment; "the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West".
Actualist (n.) One who deals with or considers actually existing facts and conditions, rather than fancies or theories; -- opposed to idealist.
Actualities (n. pl. ) of Actuality.
Actuality (n.) The state of being actual; reality; as, the actuality of God's nature.
Actualization (n.) A making actual or really existent.
Actualize (v. t.) To make actual; to realize in action.
Actually (adv.) Actively.
Actually (adv.) In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
Actualness (n.) Quality of being actual; actuality.
Actuarial (a.) Of or pertaining to actuaries; as, the actuarial value of an annuity.
Actuaries (n. pl. ) of Actuary.
Actuary (n.) A registrar or clerk; -- used originally in courts of civil law jurisdiction, but in Europe used for a clerk or registrar generally.
Actuary (n.) The computing official of an insurance company; one whose profession it is to calculate for insurance companies the risks and premiums for life, fire, and other insurances.
Actuated (imp. & p. p.) of Actuate.
Actuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Actuate.
Actuate (v. t.) To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons.
Actuate (v. t.) To carry out in practice; to perform.
Actuate (a.) Put in action; actuated.
Actuation (n.) A bringing into action; movement.
Actuator (n.) One who actuates, or puts into action.
Actuose (a.) Very active.
Actuosity (n.) Abundant activity.