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interaction Definition

inter·ac·tion (-aks̸hən)

noun

action on each other; reciprocal action or effect

interaction Related Forms
in′·ter·ac·tional adjective
interaction Synonyms

interaction

n.

interplay, intercommunication, reciprocal action, synergy; see communication 1, cooperation 1.

interaction Usage Examples

Converse of subject

  • mediate: Cell adherens junctions are points of cell-cell contact, mediated by the extracellular interactions of cadherin molecules.

Converse of object

  • mediate: Emphasis is given to system mediated interaction, that is, to a particular type of economic environment that excludes direct communication between agents.
  • facilitate: The recreational games facilitated social interactions with other children.
  • simulate: In fact, two famous on-line personalities were actually programs created to simulate human interaction in networked environments.
  • investigate: We are investigating these interactions to address three questions; i ) what are the structures of these complexes?
  • foster: The Tidal Model promotes nurses ' self-confidence, fosters interaction, and increases inter-disciplinary team work.
  • explore: The same which the state to we explored interactions eligible for coverage.

Preposition: in

  • summarization: Exploring the style-technique interaction in extractive summarization of broadcast news.

Adjective modifier

  • face-to-face: Some of the best forms of knowledge transfer involve face-to-face interaction.
  • social: Also limiting access to these spaces to spatial movement may improve social interaction.
  • complex: On the one hand, daily life's complex interactions seem to require ever increasing access to specific, accurate information.
  • molecular: We begin by feeding in details of the molecular interactions.
  • two-way: The interface will allow a two-way interaction between the user and the computer.
  • human: On the positive side, perhaps they will end up becoming a model for human social interactions!

Noun used with modifier

  • human-computer: It may be design-led, in pursuit of human-computer interaction goals evaluated in terms of utility or esthetics.
  • protein-protein: She joined Oxford from the University of California, Los Angles where she worked on protein-protein interaction networks.
  • gene-environment: Our study design seeks to evaluate both scenarios and in addition explore gene-gene and gene-environment interactions by constructing logistic regression models of risk.
  • host-pathogen: GC-MS was used to follow sulfur accumulation in various host-pathogen interactions.
  • parent-child: Parent-child interactions were designed to promote dialogic reading, vocabulary development, and print awareness.
  • ocean-atmosphere: Four working groups then focused on climatology, coastal zone ecosystems and land use, ocean-atmosphere interactions, and human dimensions.