Found 4 items, similar to Reaction.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: reaction
reaksi
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: reaction
bidasan, reaksi, tindak balas
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: reaction
reaction
n 1: a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude;
“he
was pleased by the audience's reaction to his
performance”;
“John feared his mother's reaction when
she saw the broken lamp”
2: a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some
foregoing stimulus or agent;
“a bad reaction to the
medicine”;
“his responses have slowed with age” [syn:
response]
3: (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are
changed into others;
“there was a chemical reaction of the
lime with the ground water” [syn:
chemical reaction]
4: an idea evoked by some experience;
“his reaction to the news
was to start planning what to do”
5: doing something in opposition to another way of doing it
that you don't like;
“his style of painting was a reaction
against cubism”
6: extreme conservatism in political or social matters;
“the
forces of reaction carried the election”
7: (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced
when any force is applied to a body;
“every action has an
equal and opposite reaction”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Reaction
Reaction
\Re*ac"tion\ (r[-e]*[a^]k"sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F.
r['e]action.]
1. Any action in resisting other action or force; counter
tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse
action.
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2. (Chem.) The mutual or reciprocal action of chemical agents
upon each other, or the action upon such chemical agents
of some form of energy, as heat, light, or electricity,
resulting in a chemical change in one or more of these
agents, with the production of new compounds or the
manifestation of distinctive characters. See
Blowpipe reaction
,
Flame reaction, under
Blowpipe, and
Flame.
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3. (Med.) An action induced by vital resistance to some other
action; depression or exhaustion of vital force consequent
on overexertion or overstimulation; heightened activity
and overaction succeeding depression or shock.
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4. (Mech.) The force which a body subjected to the action of
a force from another body exerts upon the latter body in
the opposite direction.
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Reaction is always equal and opposite to action,
that is to say, the actions of two bodies upon each
other are always equal and in opposite directions.
--Sir I.
Newton (3d Law
of Motion).
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5. (Politics) Backward tendency or movement after revolution,
reform, or great progress in any direction.
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The new king had, at the very moment at which his
fame and fortune reached the highest point,
predicted the coming reaction. --Macaulay.
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6. (Psycophysics) A regular or characteristic response to a
stimulation of the nerves.
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7. An action by a person or people in response to an event.
The reaction may be primarily mental (
“ a reaction of
surprise”) but is usually manifested by some activity.
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Reaction time (Physiol.), in nerve physiology, the interval
between the application of a stimulus to an end organ of
sense and the reaction or resulting movement; -- called
also
physiological time.
Reaction wheel (Mech.), a water wheel driven by the
reaction of water, usually one in which the water,
entering it centrally, escapes at its periphery in a
direction opposed to that of its motion by orifices at
right angles, or inclined, to its radii.
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