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interactive

interactive

17 4.2
Able to change each other when they are together
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪntəˈræktɪv/
translation icon : interactivo
  • At the museum, visitors can engage in interactive exhibits that respond to their movements and choices.
  • interactive effects
  • interactive learning
  • interactive environment

Let's treat the observer as yet another physical system that's interactive with the pointer, which is in turn interacting with the electron.

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Examples

  • Instructional planning is not a series of independent steps or processes but an interactive and interrelated system.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Researchers have been exploring the impact of interactive reading experiences for decades.

    Academic text (2011)
  • OK, so with that, let me show you the interactive proof for proving this.

  • And what was interesting to me was this sort of interactive nature of his experience with the phenomenon.

  • The spaces are more interactive and more colorful with a lot more sound than we had growing up.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Now we want to see computer maps as being interactive high tech versions of paper maps.

  • St. Louis Camera Club now has an easy and dynamic interactive process for inter-club competitions.

    Academic text (2008)
  • You know, the interactive nature of playing jazz or the listening between people, the interaction that happens live that you don't get when you do overdubs.

  • The students enjoyed an interactive lesson that allowed them to ask questions and participate in discussions.

  • The campaign included an interactive map where users could explore the effects of climate change in their regions.

Synonyms

interactional
vsinteractive
1 6.7

Relating to communication and how people or things affect each other

is about general capacity to act on or influence one another

Compounds

1 4.6

A computer system using text, pictures, and sound that lets users choose what to see or do

A system that lets people interact with text, sound, pictures, and video

A science activity where people do hands-on tests to learn

How Interactive

interactive
17 4.2
reactive
24 4.3
independent
984 2.3

Surface Forms

interactive positive
interactiver comparative
interactivest superlative

Morphology

interactive = interact (transparent) = inter + act + ive

Formed by adding the productive adjectival suffix '-ive' to the clear verb 'interact', yielding the expected meaning 'characterized by interaction'.

Etymology

Interactive comes from inter- 'between' and act 'do', the same root as action. So when things are interactive they act on each other and change each other.