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Reaction

Any action in resisting other action or force; counter tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse action.

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Broader term 8

Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Conservatism 76% connected

The disposition and tendency to preserve what is established; opposition to change; the habit of mind; or conduct, of a conservative.

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Force 76% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Idea 76% connected

The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or…

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Opposition 76% connected

The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.

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Resistance 76% connected

The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active.

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Response 76% connected

The act of responding.

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Thought 76% connected

of Think

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Answer 76% connected

To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

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Automatism 76% connected

The state or quality of being automatic; the power of self-moving; automatic, mechanical, or involuntary action. (Metaph.) A theory as to the activit…

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Backlash 76% connected

The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting…

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Breakdown 76% connected

The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall.

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chemical equilibrium 76% connected

A balance where a reversible reaction continues in both directions at the same rate.

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Decomposition 76% connected

The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; an…

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Displacement 76% connected

The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.

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Equilibrium 76% connected

Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more forces.

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Metathesis 76% connected

Transposition, as of the letters or syllables of a word; as, pistris for pristis; meagre for meager.

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Neutralization 76% connected

The act or process of neutralizing, or the state of being neutralized.

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Oxidation 76% connected

The act or process of oxidizing, or the state or result of being oxidized.

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Passage 76% connected

The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man o…

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Passing 76% connected

of Pass

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Rebound 76% connected

To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.

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Reducing 76% connected

of Reduce

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Reduction 76% connected

The act of reducing, or state of being reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest; as, the reduction of a body to powder…

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Reflex 76% connected

Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective.

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Saponification 76% connected

The act, process, or result, of soap making; conversion into soap; specifically (Chem.), the decomposition of fats and other ethereal salts by alkali…

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Taxis 76% connected

Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it.

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tropism 76% connected

A growth or movement of an organism in response to an environmental stimulus

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React 74% connected

To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.

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React 74% connected

To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.

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Synonym 1

Response 92% connected

The act of responding.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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