interaction

English

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interaction

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin interāctiō.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.tɚˈæk.ʃən/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -ækʃən

Noun

interaction (countable and uncountable, plural interactions)

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.

   Be aware of interactions between different medications.

   • 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America‎, archived from the original on 7 February 2019:

     Such technologies will also “shape future human interaction with the machines we created,” he added.

   • 2019 October, “'442s' withdrawn due to signal interaction issues”, in Modern Railways, page 87:

     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.

2. A conversation or exchange between people.

   I enjoyed the interaction with a bunch of like-minded people.

   • 2025 March 5, “Ayr miles with a 'Spirit of Scotland'”, in RAIL, number 1030, page 46:

     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!

Derived terms

• 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
• reinteraction
• selfinteraction
• strong interaction
• strong nuclear interaction
• subinteraction
• transinteraction
• weak interaction
• weak nuclear interaction
• Yukawa interaction

Related terms

• interact
• interactive

Descendants

• → Afrikaans: interaksie
• → Indonesian: interaksi
• → Malay: interaksi
• → Javanese: interaksi

Translations

situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another

Afrikaans: interaksie Albanian: bashkëveprim (sq) m Arabic: تَآثُر m (taʔāṯur) Armenian: փոխազդեցություն (hy) (pʻoxazdecʻutʻyun) Belarusian: узаемадзе́янне n (uzajemadzjéjannje) Bulgarian: взаимоде́йствие (bg) n (vzaimodéjstvie) Catalan: interacció (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 相互作用 (zh) (xiānghù zuòyòng) Czech: interakce (cs) f Danish: vekselvirkning c, interaktion c Dutch: wisselwerking (nl) f, interactie (nl) f Esperanto: interagado, interago Finnish: vuorovaikutus (fi), kanssakäyminen (fi) French: interaction (fr) f Galician: interacción (gl) f Georgian: ინტერაქცია (inṭerakcia), ურთიერთქმედება (urtiertkmedeba), ურთიერთზეგავლენა (urtiertzegavlena), ურთიერთკავშირი (urtiertḳavširi) German: Interaktion (de) f, Wechselwirkung (de) f Greek: αλληλεπίδραση (el) f (allilepídrasi), διάδραση (el) f (diádrasi) (technical) Hebrew: יַחֲסֵי גּוֹמְלִין (he) m pl (yaḥaséy gomlín), אִינְטֶרְאַקְצְיָה (he) f (interáktsiya) Hungarian: kölcsönhatás (hu), interakció (hu) Ido: interago Irish: idirghníomhaíocht f, idirghníomhú m, idirghníomh m, idirghníomhúchán m, imghníomhú m, idirfheidhm f, (biology) imoibriú m Italian: interazione (it) f Japanese: 相互作用 (ja) (そうごさよう, sōgosayō) Korean: 상호작용(相互作用) (ko) (sanghojagyong) Latin: interaction Latvian: mijiedarbība f Macedonian: заемоде́јство n (zaemodéjstvo), интеракција f (interakcija) Malay: saling tindak, interaksi Maltese: interazzjoni f Maori: pāhekohekotanga Norwegian: Bokmål: interaksjon (no) m, samspill n, vekselvirkning m or f Nynorsk: interaksjon m, samspel n Persian: برهم‌کنش (fa) (barham-koneš) Polish: interakcja (pl) f Portuguese: interação (pt) f Romanian: interacțiune (ro) f, interacționare f Russian: взаимоде́йствие (ru) n (vzaimodéjstvije) Scottish Gaelic: eadar-oibreachadh m, eadar-obrachadh m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: интера̀кција f Roman: interàkcija (sh) f Slovak: interakcia f Slovene: interakcija f Spanish: interacción (es) f, interrelación (es) f, coacción (es) f Swedish: växelverkan (sv) c, interaktion (sv) c Tagalog: tambilos Ukrainian: взаємоді́я (uk) f (vzajemodíja)

conversation or exchange between people

Afrikaans: interaksie Albanian: bashkëveprim (sq) m Arabic: مُخَالَطَة f (muḵālaṭa), تَفَاعُل m (tafāʕul), اِخْتِلَاط m (iḵtilāṭ) Belarusian: зно́сіны f pl (znósiny) Bulgarian: общу́ване (bg) n (obštúvane), обще́ние n (obšténie) Catalan: interacció (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 相互作用 (zh) (xiānghù zuòyòng), 互動 / 互动 (zh) (hùdòng), 交流 (zh) (jiāoliú) Czech: komunikace (cs) f Dutch: interactie (nl) f Finnish: keskustelu (fi) French: interaction (fr) f Galician: interacción (gl) f Georgian: ინტერაქცია (inṭerakcia), ურთიერთობა (urtiertoba) German: Interaktion (de) f Greek: αλληλεπίδραση (el) f (allilepídrasi) Ancient: ὁμιλία f (homilía) Irish: caidreamh m Italian: interazione (it) f Japanese: 相互作用 (ja) (そうごさよう, sōgosayō) Korean: 상호작용(相互作用) (ko) (sanghojagyong) Macedonian: општење n (opštenje) Maltese: interazzjoni f Maori: tauwhitiwhiti, taunekeneke Norwegian: Bokmål: interaksjon (no) f, samhandling m or f Polish: komunikacja (pl) f Portuguese: interação (pt) f Romanian: interacțiune (ro) f Russian: обще́ние (ru) n (obščénije) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: интера̀кција f Roman: interàkcija (sh) f Slovak: komunikácia f Slovene: občevanje n Ukrainian: спілкува́ння n (spilkuvánnja)

French

Etymology

Either borrowed from English interaction or constructed from inter- +‎ action.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁak.sjɔ̃/ ~ /ɛ̃.te.ʁak.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

interaction f (plural interactions)

1. interaction

Derived terms

• interaction électromagnétique
• interaction élémentaire
• interaction faible
• interaction fondamentale
• interaction forte
• interaction gravitationnelle
• interaction nucléaire faible

Related terms

• interagir

Further reading

• “interaction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.