Action
Wikipedia disambiguation page
Action may refer to:
Action (philosophy), something which is done by a person
Action principles the heart of fundamental physics
Action (narrative), a literary mode
Action fiction, a type of genre fiction
Action game, a genre of video game
Film
Action film, a genre of film
Action (1921 film), a film by John Ford
Action (1980 film), a film by Tinto Brass
Action 3D, a 2013 Telugu language film
Action (2019 film), a Kollywood film.
Music
Action (music), a characteristic of a stringed instrument
Action (piano), the mechanism which drops the hammer on the string when a key is pressed
The Action, a 1960s band
Albums
Action (B'z album) (2007)
Action! (Desmond Dekker album) (1968)
Action Action Action or Action, a 1965 album by Jackie McLean
Action! (Oh My God album) (2002)
Action (Oscar Peterson album) (1968)
Action (Punchline album) (2004)
Action (Question Mark & the Mysterians album) (1967)
Action (Uppermost album) (2011)
Action (EP), a 2012 EP by NU'EST
Action, a 1984 album by Kiddo
Songs
"Action" (Freddy Cannon song) (1965), the theme song to the TV series Where the Action Is
"Action" (Sweet song) (1975), covered by various artists
"Action", a version of "Feeling This" by Blink-182
"Action", a 1994 song by Terror Fabulous featuring Nadine Sutherland
"Action", a 2020 song by Black Eyed Peas from Translation
"Action", a 1984 song by The Fits
"Action", a 1960 song by Lance Fortune
"Action", a 1972 song by Scorpions from Lonesome Crow
"Action", a 1978 song by Streetheart from Meanwhile Back in Paris...
"Action", a 1988 song by Pearly Gates
"Action", a 1988 song by Girlschool from Take a Bite
"Action", a 1989 song by Gorky Park from Gorky Park (album)
"Action", a 2003 song by Powerman 5000 from Transform
"Actions", a 1980 song by The Stingrays
"Action Action Action Action Action", a 2008 song by We Are the Physics from We Are the Physics Are OK at Music
Literature
Action (comics), a British comic book published in 1976–1977
Action Comics, a DC Comics comic book series
Action: A Book about Sex, a 2016 book by Amy Rose Spiegel
Action (newspaper), a newspaper of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists
Hareket, conservative magazine in Turkish which was named after action theory
People
Action Bronson (born 1983), American rapper, reality television star, author, and talk show host
Television and radio
Action television a genre of television programming
Action (Canadian TV channel)
Action (French TV channel)
The Action Channel (US TV channel), a subsidiary of Luken Communications
Action (radio), a 1945 radio program
Action (TV series), a comedy series on Fox in 1999–2000
CBS Action (2009–2018), now known as CBS Justice
Sky Sports Action, a TV channel
Action Chugger, a locomotive in Chuggington
Theatre
Action (theatre), a principle in Western theatre practice
Action (play), a 1975 play by Sam Shepard
Organizations
Businesses
Action (store), a Dutch discount store chain with branches in many European countries
Action (supermarkets), an Australian supermarket chain
Actions Semiconductor, a Chinese semiconductor company
ACTION, an Australian public transport company
The Action Network (branded as Action), an American sports betting analytics company
Political parties
Action (Cypriot political party), a Cypriot political alliance
Action (Greek political party), a Greek political party
Action (Italian political party), an Italian political party
Other organizations
ACTION (U.S. government agency), a former US government federal domestic volunteer agency
Science, technology, and mathematics
Action (physics), an attribute of the dynamics of a physical system
Action at a distance, nonlocal interaction in physics
Group action
Continuous group action
Semigroup action
Ring action
Action (firearms), the mechanism that manipulates cartridges and/or seals the breech
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