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interaction

[ in-ter-ak-shuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

reciprocal action, effect, or influence.
Physics.
1. the direct effect that one kind of particle has on another, in particular, in inducing the emission or absorption of one particle by another.
2. the mathematical expression that specifies the nature and strength of this effect.

interaction

/ ˌɪntərˈækʃən /

a mutual or reciprocal action or influence
physics the transfer of energy between elementary particles, between a particle and a field, or between fields See strong interaction electromagnetic interaction fundamental interaction gravitational interaction weak interaction electroweak interaction

First recorded in 1825–35; inter- + action

After four or five months of casual interaction, they realized they both had lost a young parent to cancer.

Sometimes everything wrong with a larger dynamic is captured in one small interaction.

Otherwise, we morally erode the environment to be the type that makes interaction with others so difficult in the first place.

I think the first obvious thing we can do is videotape every police interaction—body cams, in-car cameras—you name it.

Still, after nearly a month at sea, I imagine they are eager to recharge, ready for interaction with the outside world.

Metaphysicians have argued endlessly as to the interaction of mind and matter.

Discusses the interaction between physical and mental things, and the possibility of freedom in a world of fixed causes.

The student of human progress is likely to be increasingly impressed with the interaction between ideas and institutions.

Thus, here also each element reinforces every other; all the factors of life are in constant interaction.

We see this complex process of the interaction of language and thought actually taking place under our eyes.

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