microactuation

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noun

actuation by a microactuator

OriginEnglish actuation ← Medieval Latin āctuātus ← Latin āctuō →
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Meanings

nounmicroactuation (countable and uncountable, plural microactuations)

plural microactuations

  1. countableuncountableactuation by a microactuator

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  7. Proto-Italic*agō
  8. Latinagō
  9. Latināctus
  10. Latināctuō
  11. Medieval Latināctuātus
  12. Englishactuate
  13. Englishactuation
  14. Englishmicroactuation

From micro- + actuation.

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APA

microactuation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microactuation

MLA

“microactuation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microactuation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microactuation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microactuation.

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