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in⋅ter⋅ac⋅tion

   [in-ter-ak-shuhn]
–noun
1. reciprocal action, effect, or influence.
2. Physics.
a. the direct effect that one kind of particle has on another, in particular, in inducing the emission or absorption of one particle by another.
b. the mathematical expression that specifies the nature and strength of this effect.
Origin:
1825–35; inter- + action
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in·ter·ac·tion     (ĭn'tər-āk'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. The act or process of interacting.
    2. The state of undergoing interaction.
  2. Physics Any of four fundamental ways in which elementary particles and bodies can influence each other, classified as strong, weak, electromagnetic, and gravitational.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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interaction 
1832, from inter- + action. The verb interact is first attested 1839.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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interaction

noun
1. 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 

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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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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