Physical interaction

in·ter·ac·tion (

a. The act or process of interacting.

b. The state of undergoing interaction.

2. Physics Any of four fundamental ways in which elementary particles and bodies can influence each other, classified as strong, weak, electromagnetic, and gravitational.

interaction [ˌɪntərˈækʃən]

1. a mutual or reciprocal action or influence

2. (Physics / General Physics) Physics the transfer of energy between elementary particles, between a particle and a field, or between fields See strong interaction, electromagnetic interaction, fundamental interaction, gravitational interaction, weak interaction, electroweak interaction

interactional adj

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Noun	1.	interaction - a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting action - something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" interplay - reciprocal action and reaction contact - close interaction; "they kept in daily contact"; "they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings" interchange, reciprocation, give-and-take - mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)
	2.	interaction - (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons fundamental interaction natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" physical phenomenon - a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy 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

Translations

interaction [ˌɪntərˈækʃən] N → interacción f, interrelación f

interaction [ˌɪntərˈækʃ^ən] n

(between people) → interaction f

(between substances, chemicals) → interaction f

interaction

n → gegenseitige Einwirkung; (Phys) → Wechselwirkung f; (Psych, Sociol) → Interaktion f

interaction [ˌɪntərˈækʃ/ən] n → interazione f

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color force
community relations
contact
coordination
electromagnetic interaction
electroweak interaction
fete champetre
fundamental interaction
garden party
gauge boson
grand unified theory
gravitational interaction
high energy physics
high-energy physics
hyperfine structure
interplay
lawn party
magnetohydrodynamics
market forces

Practically, the movement of cursor and working on keyboard can be achuieved while sitting awat from the computer system without any physical interaction.

Wireless device to replace keyboard and cursor by Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan)

Train your dog Dogs love to train; it gives him a notion that he shares a secure relationship with his owner as it enjoys having physical interaction.

Facts About Dog Separation Anxiety and How to Stop It by Gerald Hartenhoff / Pets and Animals community

Among the 58 topics are self-healing, ambulatory patient monitoring, a real-time and continuous arousal monitor, the classification of physical interactions between two subjects, fall detection using gyroscopes and accelerometer-derived posture information, monitoring rowing techniques, the real-time motion capture of two-body interactions, and a distributed hidden Markov model for fine-grained annotation in body sensor networks.

Wearable and implantable body sensor networks; proceedings by SciTech Book News

physical anthropology

physical characteristics