Terminology Service for NFDI4Health
Actuation
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An Actuation carries out an (Actuation) Procedure to change the state of the world using an Actuator.
Term info
Label
Actuation
definition
An Actuation carries out an (Actuation) Procedure to change the state of the world using an Actuator.
example
The activity of automatically closing a window if the temperature in a room drops below 20 degree Celsius. The activity is the Actuation and the device that closes the window is the Actuator. The Procedure is the rule, plan, or specification that defines the conditions that triggers the Actuation, here a drop in temperature.
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Term relations
Subclass of:
- Thing
- used procedure only Procedure
- made by actuator only Actuator
- has feature of interest exactly 1 Thing
- acts on property only Actuatable Property
- result time exactly 1 Literal
- has feature of interest only Feature Of Interest
- made by actuator exactly 1 Thing
- has result only Result
- has result min 1 Thing
- acts on property min 1 Thing