actuation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

actuation
    n 1: the act of propelling [syn: {propulsion}, {actuation}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Actuation \Ac`tu*a"tion\, n. [Cf. LL. actuatio.]
   A bringing into action; movement. --Bp. Pearson.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "actuation":
      activity, animation, direction, dynamics, going, influence,
      inner-direction, kinematics, kinesipathy, kinesis, kinesitherapy,
      kinetics, mobilization, motion, motivation, move, movement, moving,
      other-direction, prompting, restlessness, running, stimulation,
      stir, stirring, unrest, velocity