Aktion — meaning in English

English meaning

• action noun The process of doing something, especially to achieve a purpose.
• operation noun The way something works, or the act of making it work.

Senses

Aktion is used for these senses in English:

• action Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose.
• action Fast-paced activity.
• action (mathematics) A way in which each element of some algebraic structure transforms some other structure or set, in a way which respects the structure of the first. Formally, this may be seen as a morphism from the first structure into some structure of endomorphisms of the second; for example, a group action of a group G on a set S can be seen as a group homomorphism from G into the set of bijections on S (which form a group under function composition), while a module M over a ring R can be defined as an abelian group together with a ring homomorphism from R into the ring of group endomorphisms of M (which is also called the action of R on M).
• operation (military, countable) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm).

action — full definition

1. noun The process of doing something, especially to achieve a purpose.
2. noun Exciting or fast-paced activity, especially in a film or story.
3. noun A formal legal proceeding; a lawsuit.
4. noun The mechanism of a device, such as a firearm or musical instrument, that makes it work.

operation — full definition

1. noun The way something works, or the act of making it work.
2. noun A planned activity or task, especially one carried out by a business, military, or organization.
3. noun A surgical procedure.
4. noun A mathematical procedure that produces a value from one or more inputs, such as addition.

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