interaction

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin interāctiō.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.tɚˈæk.ʃən/

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• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -ækʃən

interaction (countable and uncountable, plural interactions)

1. The situation or occurrence in which two or more things act upon one another to produce an 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^[1], archived from the original on 7 February 2019:

     Such technologies will also “shape future human interaction with the machines we created,” he added.

   • 2019 October, “'442s' withdrawn due to signal interaction issues”, in Modern Railways, page 87: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

   Synonym: transaction

   I enjoyed the interaction with a bunch of like-minded people.

   • 2025 March 5, “Ayr miles with a 'Spirit of Scotland'”, in RAIL, number 1030, page 46:

     Another 'basic' is staff interaction with customers - and here, ScotRail excelled. Every single one of them whom RAIL engaged with was polite and chatty, and some were even humorous!

• 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