interaction

noun
/ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/UK/ˌɪn.tɚˈæk.ʃən/CA/ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin interāctiō.

  1. borrowed from interāctiō

Definitions

  1. The situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another…

    The situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events 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.
    • 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.
    • 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!

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at interaction. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at interaction. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at interaction

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA