subaction

subaction

English

Etymology 1

Compare Latin subactio a working up, discipline.

Noun

subaction (plural subactions)

  1. (obsolete) The act of reducing to any state, such as of mixing two bodies completely[1].
    • 1627 (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 Lee […], →OCLC:
      there are of concoction two periods ; the one assimilation , or absolute conversion and subaction ; the other maturation
    • a. 1682, Thomas Browne, Observations on frogs:
      the whole masse of spawne may also bee imbibed by bole or frankincense or minium or cerusse incorporated by agitation or subaction.

Etymology 2

From sub- +‎ action.

Noun

subaction (plural subactions)

  1. An action that makes up part of a more complex action.
    • 2012, Timothy O'Connor, Constantine Sandis, A Companion to the Philosophy of 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 […]

References

  1. ^ “subaction”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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