interaction

Borrowed from Medieval Latin interāctiō.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.tɚˈæk.ʃən/

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• Rhymes: -ækʃən

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.

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   • 2019 October, “'442s' withdrawn due to signal interaction issues”, in Modern Railways, page 87: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

• interact
• interactive

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

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

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

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interaction f (plural interactions)

1. interaction

• interagir

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