interact
Americanverb (used without object)
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to act one upon another.
A person's microbiome and immune system may interact in ways that promote inflammation.
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to communicate, work, or participate in an activity with someone or something: a user interacting with a computer program.
a boss who seldom interacts with employees;
a user interacting with a computer program.
verb
Etymology
Origin of interact
Example Sentences
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They also aim to study how exercise-related effects interact with common cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
From Science Daily
They also aim to understand how this pathway interacts with other pathogen traits that influence infection success.
From Science Daily
When warmer particles interact with cooler ones, energy and momentum are gradually shared until temperatures even out across the system.
From Science Daily
"We want to figure out how the intense star formation, the active black holes and this overheated atmosphere interact, and what it tells us about how present galaxy clusters were built," Zhou said.
From Science Daily
Physical, in this instance, means moving from AI agents and chatbots that essentially exist on computer screens into objects that interact with the world, such as cars and robots.
From Barron's
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