interactant

[in-ter-ak-tuhnt]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person or thing that interacts.
Chemistry., reactant.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of interactant¹

First recorded in 1945–50; interact + -ant

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Example Sentences

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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.