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Interaction

Intermediate action.

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Action 76% connected

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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Contact 76% connected

A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

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Interchange 76% connected

To put each in the place of the other; to give and take mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate; as, to interchange places; they interchanged friendly…

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Interplay 76% connected

Mutual action or influence; interaction; as, the interplay of affection.

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Reciprocation 76% connected

The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as, the reciprocation of kindnesses.

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Interact 74% connected

A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time.

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Interact 74% connected

A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time.

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Color force noun · 85% connection

(physics) the interaction that binds protons and neutrons together in the nuclei of atoms; mediated by gluons

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Fundamental interaction noun · 85% connection

(physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediate…

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Strong force noun · 85% connection

(physics) the interaction that binds protons and neutrons together in the nuclei of atoms; mediated by gluons

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Strong interaction noun · 85% connection

(physics) the interaction that binds protons and neutrons together in the nuclei of atoms; mediated by gluons

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Weak force noun · 85% connection

(physics) an interaction between elementary particles involving neutrinos or antineutrinos that is responsible for certain kinds of ra…

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Weak interaction noun · 85% connection

(physics) an interaction between elementary particles involving neutrinos or antineutrinos that is responsible for certain kinds of ra…

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Inertial frame noun · 85% connection

a coordinate system in which Newton's first law of motion is valid

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Space-time noun · 85% connection

the four-dimensional coordinate system (3 dimensions of space and 1 of time) in which physical events are located

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Space-time continuum noun · 85% connection

the four-dimensional coordinate system (3 dimensions of space and 1 of time) in which physical events are located

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spacetime noun · 85% connection

the four-dimensional coordinate system (3 dimensions of space and 1 of time) in which physical events are located

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Electromagnetic interaction noun · 85% connection

an interaction between charged elementary particles that is intermediate in strength between the strong and weak interactions; mediate…

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Gravitational interaction noun · 85% connection

a weak interaction between particles that results from their mass; mediated by gravitons

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Absorbance noun · 78% connection

(physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation

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Flux noun · 78% connection

(physics) the number of changes in energy flow across a given surface per unit area

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Flux density noun · 78% connection

(physics) the number of changes in energy flow across a given surface per unit area

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Gravitational wave noun · 78% connection

(physics) a wave that is hypothesized to propagate gravity and to travel at the speed of light

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Gravity wave noun · 78% connection

(physics) a wave that is hypothesized to propagate gravity and to travel at the speed of light

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A unknown · 78% connection

The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the sca…

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Acetone body noun · 78% connection

a ketone that is an intermediate product of the breakdown of fats in the body; any of three compounds (acetoacetic acid, acetone, and/…

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Ambiversion noun · 78% connection

(psychology) a balanced disposition intermediate between extroversion and introversion

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Anisopoda n. pl. · 78% connection

A division of Crustacea, which, in some its characteristics, is intermediate between Amphipoda and Isopoda.

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Antelope noun · 78% connection

One of a group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between the deer and the goat. The horns are usually annulated, or ringed. There a…

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Between preposition · 78% connection

In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock.

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Biuret noun · 78% connection

A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, C2O2N3H5, formed by heating urea. It is intermediate between urea and cyanuric acid.

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Broad Church unknown · 78% connection

A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, interme…

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Bromlife noun · 78% connection

A carbonate of baryta and lime, intermediate between witherite and strontianite; -- called also alstonite.

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Cancellate verb · 78% connection

Consisting of a network of veins, without intermediate parenchyma, as the leaves of certain plants; latticelike.

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Catalysis noun · 78% connection

A process by which reaction occurs in the presence of certain agents which were formerly believed to exert an influence by mere contac…

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Cerate noun · 78% connection

An unctuous preparation for external application, of a consistence intermediate between that of an ointment and a plaster, so that it…

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Citrulline noun · 78% connection

an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is an intermediate in the conversion of ornithine to arginine

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