INTERACTION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mutual or reciprocal action; interacting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("interaction" is a kind of...):

action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "interaction"):

interplay (reciprocal action and reaction)

contact (close interaction)

give-and-take; interchange; reciprocation (mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information))

Derivation:

interact (act together or towards others or with others)

interactional (capable of acting on or influencing each other)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons

Synonyms:

fundamental interaction; interaction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("interaction" is a kind of...):

physical phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "interaction"):

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)

Credits

Context examples:

Amenamenir stabilizes the interaction between the helicase-primase and its DNA substrates, preventing the progression through helicase or primase catalytic cycles, thus interfering with viral DNA replication and viral growth.

(Amenamevir, NCI Thesaurus)

Cell surface proteins are involved in both interaction and adhesion with other cells and in transducing signals into the cellular interior.

(Monocyte Phagocytosis and Adhesion Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The interactions of multiple candidate genes, environments, and exposures will be examined in Specific Aim 3.

(Molecular Epidemiology of Prostate Cancer, NCI Thesaurus)

A disease in which antibodies made by a person’s immune system prevent certain nerve-muscle interactions.

(Myasthenia Gravis, NCI Dictionary)

Research aimed at discovery of novel nanoscale and nanostructured materials and at a comprehensive understanding of the properties of nanomaterials (ranging across length scales, and including interface interactions).

(Nanomaterials, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes myeloid differentiation primary response protein MyD88, plays a role in both protein-protein interactions and the regulation of the expression of proinflammatory genes.

(MYD88 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

It chiefly concerns itself with understanding the interactions between the various systems of a cell, including the interrelationship of DNA, RNA and protein synthesis and learning how these interactions are regulated.

(Molecular Biology, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the mediation of protein-protein interactions that are essential for cell cycle regulation.

(MNAT1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Phosphorylation by Casein Kinases, CDC5, CDC2, and MAPK10 can affect processing, interaction with Fe65, and SHC binding.

(Amyloid Beta A4 Protein Precursor, NCI Thesaurus)

These interactions are involved in neurotransmission.