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

  1. 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 - 2019 October, “'442s' withdrawn due to signal...
  2. 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.

Forms

interactions

Related

interact interactive

Derived

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