interaction
[in-ter-ak-shuh n]
- 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.
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Origin of interaction
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Contemporary Examples
Still, after nearly a month at sea, I imagine they are eager to recharge, ready for interaction with the outside world.
The Lonely Island are really huge fans of his and have been our whole lives, so any interaction with him is great.
Even the tersest of responses on OKCupid is still giving an aggressive user exactly what he wants: interaction.
The interaction between Obama and Corker was a tense moment in the otherwise uneventful meeting.
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Is it possible that her bad experience with her adult student fatefully colored her perceptions of her interaction with Kopin?
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Historical Examples
For it is the action and interaction of these which lie at the bottom of the mind's development.
The Mind and Its EducationGeorge Herbert Betts
Awareness of similarities was embodied in means of interaction.
The Civilization of IlliteracyMihai Nadin
This is made possible by means of interaction and by shared resources.
The Civilization of IlliteracyMihai Nadin
Art establishes itself on a plurality of levels of interaction.
The Civilization of IlliteracyMihai Nadin
The acorns had dropped into the friendly soil, and this was the result of their interaction.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2John Tyndall
interaction
- a mutual or reciprocal action or influence
- physics the transfer of energy between elementary particles, between a particle and a field, or between fieldsSee strong interaction, electromagnetic interaction, fundamental interaction, gravitational interaction, weak interaction, electroweak interaction
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