Usually means: Influence without physical contact involved.
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We found 5 dictionaries that define the word action at a distance:

General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. action at a distance: Collins English Dictionary
  2. action at a distance: Wiktionary
  3. Action at a distance (computer science), Action at a distance (physics), Action at a distance: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. action at a distance: TheFreeDictionary.com

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Action-at-a-Distance: Extragalactic Astronomy

Definitions from Wiktionary (action at a distance)

noun:  (physics) The concept that an object can be affected, changed, moved, or otherwise affected without being physically touched by another object.

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