interaction (redirected from drug interaction)

in·ter·ac·tion  (ntr-kshn)

n.

1.

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.

Thesaurus

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 [ɪntərˈækʃən] n → interacción f; acción f recíproca

interaction [ɪntərˈækʃən] interact n → interaction f

interaction [ɪntərˈækʃən] interact n (see vb) → Interaktion f; gegenseitige Einwirkung f; gegenseitige Beeinflussung f

interaction [ɪntərˈækʃən] n → azione f reciproca; interazione f