interaction
Noun
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is a type of: action - something done (usually as opposed to something said)subtypes:
- interplay - reciprocal action and reaction
- contact - close interaction
- give-and-take, interchange, reciprocation - mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)
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referred to in: natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactionsis a type of: physical phenomenon - a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energysubtypes:
- electromagnetic interaction - an interaction between charged elementary particles that is intermediate in strength between the strong and weak interactions; mediated by photons
- gravitational interaction - a weak interaction between particles that results from their mass; mediated by gravitons
- color force, strong force, strong interaction - (physics) the interaction that binds protons and neutrons together in the nuclei of atoms; mediated by gluons
- weak force, weak interaction - (physics) an interaction between elementary particles involving neutrinos or antineutrinos that is responsible for certain kinds of radioactive decay; mediated by intermediate vector bosons
same as: fundamental interaction
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