actuen
Actuen is a term that appears in science fiction, speculative design, and tabletop gaming to describe a unit related to action in time-sensitive systems. It is not a recognized scientific quantity in real-world disciplines.
The word combines elements of action and a fictional technical suffix, and there is no single agreed-upon
In common usages, an actuen denotes a discrete action primitive within a fixed time window, roughly analogous
Variants describe actuen at different scales—from single actions to sequences of actions. Some authors treat the
Actuen appears in world-building guides, speculative essays, and gaming communities. Because it is not standardized or
See also: latency, actuation, timing in computing, reaction time.