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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun interaction has 2 senses
- interaction(n = noun.act) Array - a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting; Array is a kind of action
- interaction(n = noun.phenomenon) fundamental interaction - (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons; Array is a kind of physical phenomenon
has particulars: interplay, contact, give-and-take, interchange, reciprocation
Derived forms verb interact1, adjective interactional1
has particulars: electromagnetic interaction, gravitational interaction, color force, strong force, strong interaction, weak force, weak interaction
CIDE DICTIONARY
interaction, n.
- Intermediate action. [1913 Webster]
- Mutual or reciprocal action or influence; as, the interaction of the heart and lungs on each other. [1913 Webster]
- The effect, such as exertion of a force, that one object exerts on another, especially the capture or emission of a particle. [PJC]
- Communication between people, or the actions of people that affect others. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
interaction, n.
1 reciprocal action or influence.
2 Physics the action of atomic and subatomic particles on each other.
1 reciprocal action or influence.
2 Physics the action of atomic and subatomic particles on each other.
THESAURUS
interaction
ESP, alternation, answer, coaction, commerce, communication, communion, complementary distribution, concurrence, congress, connection, contact, conversation, converse, cooperation, correspondence, dealing, dealings, engagement, exchange, information, interchange, intercommunication, intercommunion, intercourse, interlacing, intermeshing, interplay, intertwining, interweaving, interworking, linguistic intercourse, mesh, meshing, message, quid pro quo, reply, response, seesaw, social intercourse, speaking, speech, speech circuit, speech situation, talking, telepathy, tit for tat, touch, traffic, truck, two-way communicationROGET THESAURUS
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Agency
N agency, operation, force, working, strain, function, office, maintenance, exercise, work, swing, play, interworking, interaction, procurement, causation, instrumentality, influence, action, modus operandi, quickening power, maintaining power, sustaining power, home stroke, operative, efficient, efficacious, practical, effectual, at work, on foot, acting, in operation, in force, in action, in play, in exercise, acted upon, wrought upon, by the agency of through, by means of, I myself must mix with action lest I wither by des.
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