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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
interaction
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
social contact/interaction
▪ Work provides social contact.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
complex
▪ Many complex interactions can take place with the co-precipitation of two or more minerals of different density.
▪ They are the very reason why brains, and their complex causal interaction with chemical molecules, have the structures they have.
▪ Artificial-life researchers worldwide have produced and evolved systems analogous to whole rainforests full of synthetic organisms with complex interactions.
▪ If you failed it must be because of complex interactions with your environment.
▪ In complex businesses, these trends are not stable because they are made up of complex interactions of diverse circumstances.
▪ They provide a systematic means of unravelling complex patterns of interaction in multivariate response data.
▪ Darwin stressed that pressure on one species might have unexpected consequences for others through a complex chain of interactions.
▪ The limits and possibilities of such bargaining are shown to depend on complex interactions between the actors' strategies.
direct
▪ These are some of the most important, and most ignored, examples of the direct interaction between pragmatics and syntax.
▪ There should be time in his life for more direct social interaction.
▪ There is then little direct interaction between the large eddies governing the energy transfer and the small dissipating eddies.
electromagnetic
▪ Other, more subtle differences show up in the symmetry properties of weak and electromagnetic interactions.
▪ But even in the 1950s there was one apparent similarity between weak and electromagnetic interactions.
▪ But in the Sakurai-Hung approach there is no unification of weak and electromagnetic interactions: both interactions exist side-by-side and are independent.
▪ Their observation reconciles the differing strengths and ranges of weak and electromagnetic interactions.
▪ So for another few weeks or months the question of the unification of weak and electromagnetic interactions is still open.
human
▪ Improve scientific understanding and increase awareness of the complex dynamics governing human interaction with the total Earth system; 2.
▪ This work makes systematic the fact that localities and locales are the context in which human interactions and conversations take place.
▪ The point is that violence is a necessary part of human interaction with the non-human world, but absolutely illegitimate within it.
▪ Nevertheless, intellect seems easier for computers to learn than supposedly more simple human interaction skills.
▪ Localities, locales and human interaction may help us to situate society and social change.
▪ Because of this, air travel to deal with the social aspects of human interactions will be more frequent.
▪ Informal structures are not designed, they happen through human interactions.
▪ However, I do not think it is a particularly appropriate model of human social interactions, for two reasons.
personal
▪ The information needs of management control will be obtained through personal interaction.
▪ A friendly, confidence-winning manner is an asset because personal interaction plays a large role in this occupation.
▪ This has considerable significance for the communication of emotional states and personal interaction.
▪ Class Size: Cultural barriers can be overcome through close personal interaction.
significant
▪ Table 2 also shows a significant interaction.
▪ This was confirmed by the pattern of response latencies; there was a significant interaction between prior focus and sentence voice.
▪ There was no significant interaction effect showing the nature of the response does not effect reaction time.
social
▪ The goat's movements and social interactions show a similar seasonal variation.
▪ Intellectual development depends on social interaction and social experience.
▪ These are then assessed, a social care plan formed, and the social work interaction planned and evaluated within a framework.
▪ Four factors and their interaction are necessary for development: maturation, active experience, social interaction, and equilibration.
▪ To the extent that educational programs purport to teach social knowledge, legitimate opportunities for social interaction must be provided.
▪ However, I do not think it is a particularly appropriate model of human social interactions, for two reasons.
▪ Initially the child uses one-word sentences, but his or her language facility expands quickly given normal social interaction.
strong
▪ This displacement allows a strong interaction with the N terminus of the repressor B helix.
▪ Here there may be a strong interaction with other areas of the local service-base, e.g. universities, industry research labs etc.
▪ A system may permit strong interactions or weak interactions between knowledge sources.
▪ Thirdly there are systems of complex order where there are a large number of components which have a strong organized interaction.
▪ The success of the Salam-Weinberg theory led to the search for a similar renormalizable theory of the strong interactions.
weak
▪ Other, more subtle differences show up in the symmetry properties of weak and electromagnetic interactions.
▪ But even in the 1950s there was one apparent similarity between weak and electromagnetic interactions.
▪ But in the Sakurai-Hung approach there is no unification of weak and electromagnetic interactions: both interactions exist side-by-side and are independent.
▪ Such weak interactions underlie the processes that fuel the Sun and other stars.
▪ A system may permit strong interactions or weak interactions between knowledge sources.
▪ The situation might thus he similar to that for the Salam-Weinberg theory unifying electromagnetism and weak interactions.
▪ Their observation reconciles the differing strengths and ranges of weak and electromagnetic interactions.
▪ So for another few weeks or months the question of the unification of weak and electromagnetic interactions is still open.
■ NOUN
classroom
▪ A particular priority is research on classroom interaction in multiethnic and multilingual classrooms. 10.
▪ The project is gathering information about the way understanding is achieved through the construction of shared meanings in primary classroom interactions.
▪ Like explanations, questions figure prominently in classroom interactions.
▪ The nature of classroom interaction is one factor which may affect children's ability to cope with explanations in the classroom.
▪ Research into classroom interaction has not focused directly on children's explanations.
▪ What kinds of classroom interaction, then, are most likely to provide conditions for effective learning?
drug
▪ Since calcium carbamide does not inhibit these enzyme systems, it has fewer side effects and fewer drug interactions than disulfiram.
▪ Drug levels must be interpreted with an understanding of drug interactions and modifications of drug metabolism caused by disease states.
▪ This is called a drug interaction.
▪ Patients can check their drug histories with the pharmacist and ask about possible drug interactions.
region
▪ Thus, to correspond to the interaction region, the coordinates must satisfy the inequality.
▪ In the interaction region t is a future pointing time-like coordinate.
▪ Indeed, real values of these variables only cover part of the interaction region as will be clarified later.
▪ Unfortunately, these perturbations can not be joined continuously to those of the interaction region.
▪ In the interaction region, and are necessarily both non-zero.
▪ For this solution to describe the interaction region of colliding waves, the coordinates must satisfy the inequality.
▪ It can be shown that they are algebraically general in the interaction region.
■ VERB
describe
▪ For this solution to describe the interaction region of colliding waves, the coordinates must satisfy the inequality.
involve
▪ This will necessarily involve some interaction between the different levels of analysis.
▪ It is an active, dynamic process, usually involving some kind of interaction with a person or object.
▪ This process is known as elaboration, and involves a fruitful interaction between theory and data.
▪ Applicants should have a friendly, outgoing nature as the role involves interaction with people from many areas within the company.
▪ These range from a short expedition task taking three hours, to twelve-week projects involving considerable interaction with the local community.
▪ Specifically this involves the interaction between processing, design and materials.
▪ The group is seen as a vehicle which creates social situations involving interactions between two or more people.
study
▪ We believe that these results have important consequences for the use of d 3C A as a probe for studying DNA-protein interactions.
▪ Will they ever be able to really explain consciousness by studying neurons' interactions?
▪ This research will study interactions between industry, government and pressure groups in the regulation of biotechnology hazards.
▪ The goal is to study the interactions of the drugs.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Interaction

Interaction \In`ter*ac"tion\, n.

  1. Intermediate action.

  2. Mutual or reciprocal action or influence; as, the interaction of the heart and lungs on each other.

  3. Hence: (Physics) The effect, such as exertion of a force, that one object exerts on another, especially the capture or emission of a particle.

  4. Communication between people, or the actions of people that affect others.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
interaction

1812, from inter- + action.

Wiktionary
interaction

n. 1 The situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another to produce a new effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence. 2 A conversation or exchange between people.

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WordNet
interaction

  1. n. a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting

  2. (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons [syn: fundamental interaction]

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Wikipedia
Interaction

Interaction is a kind of action that occurs as two or more objects have an effect upon one another. The idea of a two-way effect is essential in the concept of interaction, as opposed to a one-way causal effect. A closely related term is interconnectivity, which deals with the interactions of interactions within systems: combinations of many simple interactions can lead to surprising emergent phenomena. Interaction has different tailored meanings in various sciences. Changes can also involve interaction.

Casual examples of interaction outside science include:

  • Communication of any sort, for example two or more people talking to each other, or communication among groups, organizations, nations or states: trade, migration, foreign relations, transportation,
  • The feedback during the operation of machines such as a computer or tool, for example the interaction between a driver and the position of his or her car on the road: by steering the driver influences this position, by observation this information returns to the driver.
Interaction (statistics)

In statistics, an interaction may arise when considering the relationship among three or more variables, and describes a situation in which the simultaneous influence of two variables on a third is not additive. Most commonly, interactions are considered in the context of regression analyses.

The presence of interactions can have important implications for the interpretation of statistical models. If two variables of interest interact, the relationship between each of the interacting variables and a third "dependent variable" depends on the value of the other interacting variable. In practice, this makes it more difficult to predict the consequences of changing the value of a variable, particularly if the variables it interacts with are hard to measure or difficult to control.

The notion of "interaction" is closely related to that of " moderation" that is common in social and health science research: the interaction between an explanatory variable and an environmental variable suggests that the effect of the explanatory variable has been moderated or modified by the environmental variable.

Interaction (disambiguation)

Interaction can refer to:

  • Interaction, a concept in philosophy and science
  • Human–computer interaction
  • Interaction (statistics)
  • InterAction (organization)
  • InterAction (magazine)
  • The Interaction Hypothesis, a theory of second language acquisition
  • 63rd World Science Fiction Convention
  • Interaction Chat, a free Ajax instant messaging program
  • Interactions of Actors, the support that produces bounded products and conversations ( Cybernetics)
  • Interactions (The Spectacular Spider-Man), a season 1 episode of the animated cartoon television series The Spectacular Spider-Man
  • A customer relationship management (CRM) software made by LexisNexis
Interaction (album)

Interaction is an album by Art Farmer's Quartet featuring guitarist Jim Hall recorded in 1963 and originally released on the Atlantic label.

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Usage examples of "interaction".

That was much of the reason that Adele was uncomfortable with human interactions.

The ambiplasma pressure will push fleeing molecules and particles into optimum configuration for further interaction.

Alternatively, consider how the banlieu of Paris has become a series of amorphous and indefinite spaces that promote isolation rather than any interaction or communication.

Some chance interaction of the magical energies playing about the battleground was retarding its transition to the physical plane.

Variances in absorption rate, bioavailability, protein binding, receptor-subtype mechanisms, efferent nerve equations, Meldrum models, gangloid ionization, ribosome protein synthesis, Cell Cleaner interaction rates-no one person could possibly have processed it all.

These studies have led him to examine the origin of fossil deposits, the possible paleoecological interactions between different dinosaurs and between various herbivorous dinosaurs and plants, and the biogeographic patterns of dinosaur distributions in western North America.

The catalyzing shape of enzymes is the seam between predetermined atomic interactions and the self-ordering living library.

The fundamental point of this story is the profound interaction between a civilization and the local celestial mechanics of a star system.

I know is, the authorities say the illumination conies from somesome interaction between the layers of the sky.

Some psychoanalytic workers also will be intrigued by the heightened transference and countertransference that occurs in text-based interactions.

I had no siblings, and even were there girls of my age in the neighboring Dales, distance would have prevented much interaction between us while we were very young.

And so in this sense it is properly said that this stage is higher or deeper, meaning more valuable and useful for a wider range of interactions.

There seemed to be an entangledness, a complicity between any sufficiently detailed model and the actual dance of subatomic interaction.

Our basic societal conception of foreplay endorses the reflex-based approach to sexual interaction, at the expense of a truly impulse-based psychogenic approach.

Two, complete detachment, without any mutua laid pacts or significant interaction.