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interaction

interaction

35 6.7
Energy moves between tiny particles or through fields
  • noun
  • /ˌɪntəˈrækʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : interacción
  • The interaction of two particles during a collision can result in the creation of new particles.
  • interaction force
  • light interaction
  • molecular interactions

So what we're going to look at is third law interaction pairs.

Examples

  • So some kind of interaction occurs and two particles move apart.

  • It's the self interaction between gluons, all right.

  • This is the electromagnetic field and its interaction with charged wave fields.

  • Additionally, I conducted an initial investigation into the interaction between pitch and rhythm skills.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I have developed a modified theory of the strong interaction, with huge and various commercial potentials.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • For example, Gould described a nonlinear interaction between two species, A and B.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Attitudes, values, and beliefs that drive courtship patterns and patterns of interaction also reveal great differences between cultural groups.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Because macro-level variables do not operate in isolation, we examined the interaction between macro- and school-level variables.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Present-day sea-ice models include variations in the ice-thickness distributions that capture the interactions between dynamics and thermodynamics.

    Academic text (2011)
  • In particle physics, the interaction of photons with electrons is crucial for understanding electromagnetic phenomena.

Synonyms

fundamental interaction
vsinteraction
  • Specialized
8.1

A basic force that makes energy move between very small parts of matter, like gravity or electricity

is the general process of energy transfer not limited to basic force types

Compounds

People talk, act, and respond to each other

1 6.8

A force that pulls objects with mass toward each other, keeping planets and moons in place

weak interaction
  • Specialized
1 8.1

A basic force that makes some tiny particles change and causes some radioactive decay

6.9

A force between charged particles carried by particles of light

9.2

A basic force that unites electricity, magnetism, and the weak force between particles

8.1

A basic force that makes energy move between very small parts of matter, like gravity or electricity

7.9

A scientific idea that explains the weak force that makes some atoms change into other atoms

strong interaction
  • Specialized
8.9

A force inside atoms that holds protons and neutrons together

How Strong

strong interaction
  • Specialized
8.9
interaction
  • Specialized
35 6.7
weak interaction
  • Specialized
1 8.1

Surface Forms

interaction singular
interactions plural

Morphology

interaction = interact (transparent) = inter + act + ion

A direct nominalization of 'interact'; although used in a specialized physics context, the core meaning 'process of mutual effect' is preserved and predictable from the base.

Etymology

Interaction comes from the parts inter- 'between' and action 'doing'. In physics, this is a helpful image: an interaction is energy or forces 'doing' things between tiny particles or fields, so the particles change each other.