Action
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Action can be used in different contexts:
- In philosophy, action is effective will
- In sociology, action can either mean a basic action (one that has a meaning) or a more advanced social action, one that not only has a meaning but is directed at other humans and induces a responce; see also forms of activity and interpersonal relations
- In physics, the action is the integral of the Lagrangian, in the Lagrangian formulation of mechanics.
- In mathematics, it refers to the action of a group on a set.
- In law, there are several specific types of action:
- Civil action or lawsuit
- Collective action
- Direct action is the political term for acting on things that directly affect you.
- Firearm action
- Military action
- Social action
- In film, action movies are a genre that focus on spectacle and violence over complex plotting.
- The Action, a 1960s band.
- Action, a 1999 television series.
- Action, a British comic of the 1970s
- Action, an Australian supermaket chain
- Action programming language for Atari microcomputers
- As an abbreviation for Australian Capital Territory Internal Omnibus Network (ACTION buses)
- Action is also the name of a single by Powerman 5000.



