Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Subordinate action. Action less than is normal; defective action.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Subordinate action; a minor action incidental or subsidiary to the main story; an episode.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Subordinate action; a minor action incidental or subsidiary to the main story; an episode.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

under- +‎ action

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