Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subaction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-ac-tion
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of reducing to any state, such as of mixing two bodies completely.

Obsolete

noun

An action that makes up part of a more complex action.

Example Sentences

"there are of concoction two periods ; the one assimilation , or absolute conversion and subaction ; the other maturation"
"the whole masse of spawne may also bee imbibed by bole or frankincense or minium or cerusse incorporated by agitation or subaction."
"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 […]"

Etymology

Compare Latin subactio a working up, discipline.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: sub

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

subactions (plural)

Questions

What does subaction mean?: The act of reducing to any state, such as of mixing two bodies completely.
Where does subaction come from?: Compare Latin subactio a working up, discipline.

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