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interactant

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[in-ter-ak-tuhnt] / ˌɪn tərˈæk tənt /

noun

  1. a person or thing that interacts.

  2. Chemistry. reactant.


Etymology

Origin of interactant

First recorded in 1945–50; interact + -ant

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I am entrenched in one such challenge at the moment - determining how a robot will respond to a series of complicated gestures from more than one human interactant.

From Scientific American Jul. 16, 2021

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