INTERACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does interaction mean? 

• INTERACTION (noun)
  The noun INTERACTION has 2 senses:

1. a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting

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

  Familiarity information: INTERACTION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERACTION (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

fundamental interaction; interaction

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)

 Context examples 

Regulated interactions of matrix proteins with each other, DNA and other factors in different phases of the cell cycle alter the structure and function of chromatin.

(AKAP8 in Mitosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Such events can be intervention related, dose related, route related, patient related, or caused by an interaction with other product(s) or procedure(s).

(Adverse Event Following Immunization, NCI Thesaurus)

Such events can be intervention related, dose related, route related, patient related, or caused by an interaction with another drug(s) or procedure(s).

(Adverse event, NCI Thesaurus)

VLA-4 is another integrin expressed on lymphocytes that plays a role in adhesion through interaction with its adhesion partner on endothelial cells, VCAM-1.

(Adhesion Molecules on Lymphocyte Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This allele, which encodes activin receptor type 2A protein, is involved in the mediation of ligand binding interactions pertaining to TGF-beta signal transduction.

(ACVR2A wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Motif C is essential for CDC7L1 catalytic subunit interaction with ASK, a major activator of CDC7L1 kinase activity on MCM2.

(Activator of S Phase Kinase, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes activin receptor type 2B protein, plays a role in ligand binding interactions pertaining to TGF-beta signal transduction.

(ACVR2B wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions.

(ADAM11 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Identification of in vitro interactions with beta-catenin suggest that the APC protein may be involved with cell adhesion.

(Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

An alpha(v)beta integrin inhibitor blocks the activity of an endothelial cell-surface expressed alpha(v)integrin, thereby inhibiting endothelial cell-cell interactions, endothelial cell-matrix interactions, and angiogenesis.

(Alpha V Beta Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)