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Noun: interaction  ,in-tu'rak-shun
  1. A mutual or reciprocal action; interacting
    "The interaction between the teacher and students was lively and engaging"
     
  2. (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons
    "Gravity is one of the four fundamental interactions in nature";
    - fundamental interaction

Derived forms: interactions

Type of: action, physical phenomenon

Encyclopedia: Interaction