interaction
reciprocal action, effect, or influence.
Physics.
the direct effect that one kind of particle has on another, in particular, in inducing the emission or absorption of one particle by another.
the mathematical expression that specifies the nature and strength of this effect.
Origin of interaction
1Other words from interaction
- in·ter·ac·tion·al, adjective
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How to use interaction in a sentence
Part of the fun of going out to eat is the interaction, even at a distance, with staff.
Now that’s room service: What it’s like to check into a hotel just for dinner | Tom Sietsema | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostIn addition, the league is seeking to limit social interactions for teams on the road.
NHL adds game-day rapid testing to coronavirus protocols | Samantha Pell | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostBoard meetings are quickly increasing in their significance to foster consistent and vital interactions as an organization.
Best practices for Zoom board meetings at early-stage startups | Walter Thompson | February 12, 2021 | TechCrunchPandemics are as much a product of human behavior as they are of biology, because a virus spreads via social interaction.
Researchers identify social factors inoculating some communities against coronavirus | Christopher Ingraham | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostYou find them, run and hide, though there is more interaction between monster and player in comparison to the first game.
‘Little Nightmares II’ made me dread every moment. And I loved it. | Elise Favis | February 9, 2021 | Washington Post
After four or five months of casual interaction, they realized they both had lost a young parent to cancer.
Everyone at This Dinner Party Has Lost Someone | Samantha Levine | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSometimes 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.
The Analysis of Mind | Bertrand RussellDiscusses the interaction between physical and mental things, and the possibility of freedom in a world of fixed causes.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton SinclairThe student of human progress is likely to be increasingly impressed with the interaction between ideas and institutions.
The Ethics of Coperation | James Hayden TuftsThus, here also each element reinforces every other; all the factors of life are in constant interaction.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm WundtWe see this complex process of the interaction of language and thought actually taking place under our eyes.
Language | Edward Sapir
British Dictionary definitions for 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
Derived forms of interaction
- interactional, adjective
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