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interaction

UK/ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/US/ˌɪn.tɚˈæk.ʃən/
nounB2Common in everyday speech and writing · #7,740 of 15,258mostly written

Other forms: interactions

An interaction is the action two things have on each other. Social interaction, a drug interaction, an interaction between the two.

The medical sense is the one that matters most in daily life: a drug interaction is when two medicines change each other's effect, which is why pharmacists ask what else you take. In design it means every exchange between a person and a machine.

Definitions of interaction

  1. 1nouninteractionThe action two things have on each other.B2

    “The teacher encourages interaction between pupils through group projects.”

interaction is an action.

Where it comes from

  1. Medieval Latin

    interāctiō

  2. English, today

    interaction

Borrowed from Medieval Latin interāctiō.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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interaction in the wild

  • In physics, the fundamental interactions or fundamental forces are interactions in nature that appear not to be reducible to more basic interactions.

    Fundamental interaction

  • The strong and weak interactions produce forces at subatomic scales and govern nuclear interactions inside atoms.

    Fundamental interaction

  • Biological interactions range from mutualism, beneficial to both partners, to competition, harmful to both partners.

    Biological interaction

  • The interpretation process that occurs between interactions helps create and recreate meaning.

    Symbolic interactionism

  • Thus, interaction and behavior are framed through the shared meaning that objects and concepts have attached to them.

    Symbolic interactionism

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.