interaction
The situation or occurrence in which two or more things act upon one another to produce an effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.
Noun
- The situation or occurrence in which two or more things act upon one another to produce an effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.
- Be aware of interactions between different medications.
- Such technologies will also “shape future human interaction with the machines we created,” he added. - 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America, archived from the...
- At the beginning of September South Western Railway withdrew its Class 442 EMUs from service due to a safety issue concerning interaction with lineside signals. - 2019 October, “'442s' withdrawn due to signal...
- A conversation or exchange between people.
- I enjoyed the interaction with a bunch of like-minded people.
- Another 'basic' is staff interaction with customers - and here, ScotRail excelled. Every single one of them whom RAIL engaged with was polite and chatty, and some were even humorous! - 2025 March 5, “Ayr miles with a...
Synonyms: transaction
Origin
Etymology tree Medieval Latin interāctiōbor. English interaction Borrowed from Medieval Latin interāctiō.
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autointeraction biointeraction cisinteraction cyberinteraction electromagnetic interaction electroweak interaction fundamental interaction gravitational interaction human-computer interaction hyperinteraction interactional interaction design interactionism interactionist interactionless interaction matrix interaction picture interaction space macrointeraction magnetism-based interaction capture microinteraction nanointeraction noninteraction pseudointeraction