Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
action .
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In the latest incarnation of the instrument, the planned Son-o-Mermaid, we will be using traditional Alkaline batteries as a back-up to a green-energy wave-action generator - i.e. the instrument itself will be generating energy as part of it will be bopping around in the waves up and down from the submerged part that contains the hydrophones...
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That the domain of the sea is being slowly extended over the land by incessant wave-action is well known; but in this freshly glaciated region the shores have been so short a time exposed to wave-action that they are scarcely at all wasted.
Travels in Alaska John Muir 1876
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Chemical dispersants were first attempted (a surfactant and solvent mixture), which failed due to lack of wave-action to mix the product with the oil.
unknown title 2009
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Waterford Oaks Waterpark in Waterford includes a children's water playground, group raft ride, wave-action pool, and double-flume waterslide.
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