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Definition: Reaction |
ReactionNoun1. 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". 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". 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "reaction" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1780. (references) |
Etymology: Reaction \Re*ac"tion\, noun. [Compare to French r['e]action.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Energy | Any process involving a chemical or nuclear change. (references) |
Metallurgy | The force which a workpiece opposes to the action of a cutting tool; it is either the resultant cutting pressure or one of its component forces. Source: European Union. (references) |
Physics | A torque(or force)exerted on a gimbal, gyro rotor or accelerometer proof mass, usually as a result of applied electrical excitations exclusive of torquer(or forcer)command signals. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Chemical reactions are also known as chemical changes. This refers to the changes in the structure of molecules. Such reactions can result in molecules attaching to each other to form larger molecules, molecules breaking apart to form two or more smaller molecules, or rearrangements of atoms within molecules. Chemical reactions usually involve the making or breaking of chemical bonds.There are several types of chemical reactions. Synthesis consists of 2 or more individual molecules coming together and forming a new substance. Decompostion is the opposite of synthesis, and in this type reaction individual atoms are no longer bonded. In single displacement reactions, one of the atoms' formula is exchanged with another one's. In double displacement reactions, both reactants' bonded atoms are exchanged.
A chemical reaction does not change the nucleus of the atom in any way, only the interaction of the electron clouds of the involved atoms. (Changes in the composition of the nuclei of atoms are called nuclear reactions, and are not considered chemical reactions, although chemical reactions may follow a nuclear transformation.)
A chemical reaction almost always involves a change in energy, conveniently measured in terms of heat. The energy difference between the "before" and "after" states of a chemical reaction can be calculated theoretically using tables of data (or a computer). For example, consider the reaction CH4 + 2 O2 → CO2 + 2 H2O (combustion of methane in oxygen). By calculating the amounts of energy required to break all the bonds on the left ("before") and right ("after") sides of the equation, we can calculate the energy difference between the reactants and the products. This is referred to as ΔH, where Δ (Delta) means difference, and H stands for heat, a measure of energy. ΔH is usually given in units of kJ, or thousands of joules. If ΔH is negative for the reaction, then energy has been released. This type of reaction is referred to as exothermic (literally, outside heat, or throwing off heat). An exothermic reaction is more favourable and thus more likely to occur. Our example reaction is exothermic, which we already know from everyday experience, since burning gas in air gives off heat.
A reaction may have a positive ΔH. This means that, to proceed, the reaction requires an input of energy from outside. This type of reaction is called endothermic (literally, inside heat, or absorbing heat).
See also: chemical synthesis, Chemical equation
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Organic reactions are chemical reactions between organic compounds.The number of possible organic reactions is basically infinite. However, certain general patterns are observed that can be used to describe many common or useful reactions. Each reaction has a stepwise mechanism that says how it happens, although this detailed description of steps is not always clear from a list of reactants alone.
Organic reactions can be organized into several basic types:
Some reactions fit into more than one category. For example, some substitution reactions follow an addition elimination pathway.
- Addition reactions (including hydrogenation reactions)
- Elimination reactions
- Substitution reactions
- Oxidation reactions
- Condensation reactions
- Reduction reaction
- Polymerization reactions
- Rearrangement reactions
Here are some common reactions that you may run into in a college organic chemistry course: addition of HX to an alkene, halogen addition reaction, halohydrin formation reaction, oxymercuration reaction, hydroboration-oxidation reaction, hydrooxylation reaction, ozonolysis reaction, nucleophilic substitution, halogenation of an alkyl, hydration and dehydration.
Here is a series of reactions that a chemist can perform to change molecules in a defined way: Beckmann rearrangement, Friedel-Craft-Alkylation, Diels-Alder reaction, Pinner reaction, Sharpless epoxidation, Sharpless bishydroxylation, Swern oxidation
As seen here, specific reactions are sometimes named after the chemist who developed them.
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In science, reaction is closely realted to Newton's third law: "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction". The idea that any given force has a pair or opposite force.This law has often been applied to social sciences, and is a basic premise of the popular Game theory.
A reaction is any responsed caused by some other action. There are many different types of reactions:
- Chemical reaction
- Reflex reaction
- light reaction
- Hill reaction
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A reactionary is someone who seeks to restore conditions to those of a previous era. A reactionary is sometimes described as an extreme conservative, but whereas a conservative seeks, in the simplest terms, to preserve the status quo, a reactionary seeks to return to the situation of a prior time. Thus a reactionary can be described as one who seeks to undo recent changes and thus turn the clock back.In American history, many have argued that the Confederacy was inherently reactionary in its desire to prevent economic industrialization. Others see it as a conservative effort to adhere to original Constitutional norms. In either case, the American South has produced figures and movements that seem reactionary in retrospect. Among these are the literary and cultural critics known collectively as the Southern Agrarians along with their sympathizers. The most reactionary of these was perhaps Donald Davidson, who adhered to his agrarian beliefs long after many of the other members of the original group had ceased to embrace much of their original agenda.
After the publication of the so-called agrarian manifesto, I'll Take My Stand, in 1930, many of the contributors to that book published in the periodical The American Review. Published and edited by the fascist Seward Collins, The American Review served as a vehicle for further examination of agrarian and anti-modern proposals, including the distributism of G.K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc.
During the same period, other areas of America saw the rise of reactionary spokesmen. Father Charles Coughlin of Detroit won over a huge audience with his radio broadcasts, which were notable for their harsh criticism of the New Deal and their anti-Semitic charges against Jewish bankers.
The reactionary is considered to be the antithesis to the radical, though dramatically reversive change can itself be considered radical.
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| REM | English | Reaction engine module | Transportation |
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Synonyms: ReactionSynonyms: chemical reaction (n), response (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Absence or want of Intellect | Instinct, brute instinct, stimulus-response loop, conditioned response, instinctive reaction, Pavlovian response. |
Amusement | Noun: amusement, entertainment, recreation, fun, game, fun and games; diversion, divertissement; reaction, solace; pastime, passetemps, sport; labor of love; pleasure. |
Compensation | Noun: compensation, equation; commutation; indemnification; compromise; neutralization, nullification; counteraction; reaction; measure for measure. retaliation; equalization; robbing Peter to pay Paul. |
Counteraction | Phrase: "for every action there is a reaction, equal in force and opposite in direction". |
Opposites, action and reaction, yang and yin, yang-yin (contrariety). | |
Noun: counteraction, opposition; contrariety; antagonism, polarity; clashing; Verb: collision, interference, inhibition, resistance, renitency, friction; reaction; retroaction; (recoil); counterblast; neutralization; (compensation); vis inertiae; check; (hindrance). | |
Recoil | Phrase: for every action there is a reaction equal in force and opposite in direction. |
Noun: recoil; reaction, retroaction; revulsion; bounce, rebound, ricochet; repercussion, recalcitration; kick, contrecoup; springing back; Verb: elasticity; reflection, reflexion, reflex, reflux; reverberation; (resonance); rebuff, repulse; return. | |
Restoration | Reaction; redemption; (deliverance);reaction; redemption; (deliverance); restitution; relief. |
Retaliation | Recrimination; (accusation); revenge; compensation; reaction; (recoil). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Do you have any reaction at all to my telling you I love you (Terms of Endearment; writing credit: Larry McMurtry; James L. Brooks) And if I spew, chances are someone else is gonna honk, alright? And if that happens it could set off a peristaltic chain reaction. (Saturday Night Live; writing credit: Doug Abeles; Leo Allen) Now we're getting the proper reaction. (Blood Sucking Freaks; writing credit: Joel M. Reed) It's a very natural reaction. But one day, in a week, a month, a year, on that day when, God willing, we all return to our homes again, you're going to feel very proud of what you have achieved here in the face of great adversity (The Bridge on the River Kwai; writing credit: Pierre Boulle) No no no, this sucker's electrical, but it requires a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity I need (Back to the Future; writing credit: Robert Zemeckis; Bob Gale) | |
Lyrics | Is more than a reaction to your touch (Ain't Nothing 'Bout You; performing artist: Brooks & Dunn) I need a love reaction come on now baby give me just one look (DANCING IN THE DARK; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen) Were you looking for my reaction (YOU BELONG TO ME; performing artist: CARLY SIMON) Didn't want to say yes, afraid of your reaction (The First Night; performing artist: Monica) I can't get no girl reaction ((I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION; performing artist: The Rolling Stones) | |
Clever | Your problem is never really your problem, your reaction to your problem is your problem. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Columbo: Negative Reaction (1974) Chain Reaction (1971) Reaction Stick (1998) Chemical Reaction (1995) The Chain Reaction (1995) | |
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 | Pictured here is an experimental animal being held by a technician. Only the technician's hands and the animal are visible. The technician measures the size of a reaction of the animal due to a recent injection. A measuring device is being used to achieve the measurement. This may have been a test for the possible carcinogenic effect of a chemical. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | This is a histological slide of the human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) previously known as HBLV, a type of herpesvirus, was discovered in October, 1986. Noninfected normal lymphocytes serve as a control and produce a negative reaction in this immunofluorescence assay. This test verifies that the lymphocytes have been infected by the virus. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Tetanus toxoid reaction, arm of patient. Credit: CDC. |  | Usually, erythema nodosum is a secondary sequela of another disease process, or due to a drug hypersensitivity reaction that manifests itself as tender red bumps on the skin. Credit: CDC. |
 | Histopathology of chronic inflammatory reaction to Schistosoma mansoni antigen in monkey infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Skin. Credit: CDC. |  | Severe hypersensitivity reaction due to penicillin, skin of face. Allergy, allergic. Credit: CDC. |
 | Physician in field checking immunization reaction of young man vaccinated during smallpox epidemic in Kosovo, Yugoslavia, March/April 1972. Credit: CDC. |  | This patient has pigmented macules and papules of skin resulting from a cutaneous reaction during secondary syphilis, which is the most contagious of all the stages, and is characterized by the spread of the bacteria throughout the body. Credit: CDC. |
 | CVD Reaction Chamber. Credit: NASA. |  | Diagram of the polymerase chain reaction test shows how to emplify HIV DNA sequences as a way to diagnose HIV infection in blood samples. |
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 | Reaction of distaste; dislike; a person making a terrible vocal sound. | | Reaction of startled surprise; a hawk whistle when first played. |
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Dr. Samuel Johnson | Attack is the reaction; I never think I have hit hard unless it rebounds. |
Henry Brooks Adams | American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it. |
Plato | The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction. |
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | No reaction. He'd never seriously believed it existed anyway |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | She was passing through, as Jean Valjean had done a few hours before, that reaction of the soul which absolutely refuses woe. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The nickel, unlike most money, has actually done a job of work, has been physically responsible for a reaction. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Eye movement, eye reflexes, and pupil reaction. (references) | |
Itching, caused by the an allergic reaction to the bites. (references) | ||
Rejection is part of the body’s natural reaction to foreign invaders. (references) | ||
Business | The pharmaceutical industry’s reaction has been mixed. (references) | |
The reaction of the public continues to be more negative than positive. (references) | ||
Public reaction to healthcare reform has been negative, partly due to high expectations of a fast turnaround in the service. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Bangladesh | It is not clear whether the killing was a reaction to press reporting. (references) |
Algeria | In reaction the Government announced a ban on demonstrations in the capital. (references) | |
Syria | In addition most journalists and writers practice self-censorship to avoid provoking a negative government reaction. (references) | |
Economic History | Peru | A subsequent reaction among Peruvian artists led to the beginning of modern Peruvian painting. (references) |
Slovakia | These forces include a Rapid Reaction Battalion designed to participate in peacekeeping operations. (references) | |
Ireland | Wines exporters should try to build on the favorable market reaction which U.S. wines currently enjoy. (references) | |
Human Rights | Afghanistan | A number of moderate activists left Pakistan for other countries, partly in reaction to these killings. (references) |
Colombia | Contrary to some press reports alleging slow military reaction, international organizations verified that the army arrived promptly at the scene. (references) | |
Colombia | The army reported that limited manpower and mobility, as well as other demands on army resources at the time, prevented rapid reaction to the crisis in Peque. (references) | |
Minorities | East Timor | Residents reportedly targeted the mosque as a result of local animosity toward a Jordanian Rapid Reaction Unit based nearby. (references) |
Russia | Although Jewish leaders welcomed the quick reaction of local authorities, no arrests had been made in the case by year's end. (references) | |
Syria | However, in October 2000, a group of Palestinians threw bricks, stones, and Molotov cocktails at a synagogue in Damascus, apparently in reaction to the Israeli Government's use of force against Palestinians in the occupied territories. (references) | |
Political Economy | Ireland | Ireland is a participant in the EU's European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP), and has committed a battalion to the EU's Rapid Reaction Force. (references) |
Nepal | Although police reaction to the "People's War" insurgency has led to incidents of unwarranted force, the number of such reports declined during the year. (references) | |
Mozambique | The forces responsible for internal security under the Ministry of Interior include: The Criminal Investigation Police (PIC), the Mozambican National Police (PRM), and the Rapid Reaction Police (PIR). (references) | |
Worker Rights | Benin | The Government's decision was viewed widely as an overly defensive reaction to the publicity that surrounded the Etireno. (references) |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Michael J. Fox | Well, I think what happened with me was again the reaction that I got, and the way that people responded were so empathetic, and not sympathetic, but empathetic, and there was a real desire on the part of the people to learn about it. |
Nellie Connally | The people couldn't have been friendlier. The crowds couldn't have been more wonderful, more generous in their reaction to the president. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Warren G. Harding | 1921-1923 | The business world reflects the disturbance of war's reaction. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | Oh, the immediate reaction would be a sense of relief that our men were coming home. |
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| "Reaction" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.89% of the time. "Reaction" is used about 5,478 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.89% | 5,472 | 1,788 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.07% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (common) | 0.04% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5,478 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "reaction": Acrosome Reaction ♦ action and reaction ♦ Acute-Phase Reaction ♦ addition reaction ♦ Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems ♦ aldol reaction ♦ Alkaline reaction ♦ allergic reaction ♦ anamnestic reaction ♦ anxiety reaction ♦ Arthus Reaction ♦ auditory reaction time ♦ Biuret Reaction ♦ Blowpipe reaction ♦ catalyzed nuclear reaction ♦ cathodic reaction ♦ chain atomic reaction ♦ chain reaction ♦ chemical reaction ♦ childish reaction ♦ cold fusion reaction ♦ conditional reaction ♦ conditioned reaction ♦ conversion reaction ♦ Coriolis reaction ♦ decomposition reaction ♦ defence reaction ♦ defense reaction ♦ displacement reaction ♦ double decomposition reaction ♦ double replacement reaction ♦ Eczematous reaction ♦ elimination reaction ♦ endoergic reaction ♦ endothermic reaction ♦ Escape Reaction ♦ exoergic reaction ♦ exothermic reaction ♦ Flame reaction ♦ for every action there is a reaction equal in force and opposite in direction ♦ forces of reaction ♦ Foreign-Body Reaction ♦ gestational reaction in newborn ♦ Graft vs Host Reaction ♦ guts reaction ♦ Host vs Graft Reaction ♦ hypersensitive reaction ♦ hypersensitivity reaction ♦ Immune Adherence Reaction ♦ immune reaction ♦ immunological reaction ♦ instinctive reaction ♦ insulin reaction ♦ Knee jerk reaction ♦ law of action and reaction ♦ learned reaction ♦ Leukemoid Reaction ♦ Ligase Chain Reaction ♦ light reaction ♦ Maillard Reaction ♦ manic depressive reaction ♦ medical adverse drug reaction message ♦ modulus of subgrade reaction ♦ Molisch reaction ♦ neutralisation reaction ♦ neutralization reaction ♦ nuclear fusion reaction ♦ nuclear reaction ♦ ophthalmic reaction ♦ panic reaction ♦ Periodic Acid-Schiff Reaction ♦ personnel reaction time ♦ photochemical reaction ♦ physiological reaction ♦ pick up reaction ♦ Polymerase Chain Reaction ♦ positive reaction ♦ Prussian Blue Reaction ♦ quellung reaction ♦ rash reaction ♦ reaction border ♦ reaction control system ♦ reaction engine ♦ reaction formation ♦ reaction motor ♦ reaction of air ♦ reaction of the cut ♦ reaction propulsion ♦ reaction rim ♦ Reaction Time ♦ reaction torque ♦ reaction turbine ♦ reaction velocity ♦ reaction wheel ♦ reaction wood ♦ ready reaction group ♦ Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ♦ Ritter reaction ♦ sartle reaction ♦ shift reaction ♦ shock reaction. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "reaction": reaction-diffusion, reaction-formation, reaction-formations, reaction-mechanisms, reaction-propulsion engine, reaction-time, reaction-times. | |
Ending with "reaction": over-reaction. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "reaction"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | reaksion (rebound), reagim (feedback, handling, rebound, response), veprim (act, action, activity, agency, deed, doing, engagement, fact, motion, move, movement, operation, play, procedure, proceeding, step, transaction, turn), ndikim (clout, drag, effect, hold, impact, influence, interest, pull, stimulus, sway), kundërveprim (counteraction, counterwork), kundërvënie (confrontation, contradistinction, contraposition, contravention, traverse), kundërshtim (censure, challenge, contradiction, contrast, demur, demurrer, deprecation, dispraise, exception, kick, objection, obtestation, opposition, protest, rebellion, rebuff, rebuttal, recalcitrance, retort, return, set down, Stonewall, stonewalling), influencë (drag, effect, influence, influenza, pull), dobësi (adynamia, anaemia, anemia, debility, delicacy, disease, failing, feebleness, flabbiness, flaccidity, fragility, frailty, goneness, impotence, impotency, inanimation, inanition, inanity, infirmity, labefaction, languish, languor, laxness, leanness, limpness, malady, marasmus, sinking, tabescence, tenuity, vulnerability, washiness, weakness). (various references) | |
Arabic | حافز (impulse, incentive, motivation, motive, push, stimulant), حاث, الرجعية (reactivity), إرتكاس (reflection, reflexion, reversion), رجعية, رد فعل (react, response). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | реакция (backwash, test), реагиране, контраатака (counterattack, counterblow), взаимодействие (co-operation, interaction, intercommunion, interplay, liaison, mutuality, reciprocation, reciprocity), противодействие (counteraction, counterwork, opposition, resistance, set down). (various references) | |
Chinese | 反響 (echo, repercussions), 反应 (respond, Responded, Responding, response), 反應 (reply, response), 反映 (response, to mirror, to reflect), 反動 (reactionary). (various references) | |
Czech | reakce (response), zpìtné pùsobení (retroaction). (various references) | |
Danish | reaktion (behaviour, response). (various references) | |
Dutch | reactie (response). (various references) | |
Esperanto | reakcio. (various references) | |
Farsi | واکنشی (Reflexive), عکس العمل (Repercussion), انعکاس (Repercussion). (various references) | |
Finnish | reaktio (response), vastavoima (force, reaction torque), vastavaikutus (counteraction), vastamomentti (force, reaction torque), taantumus (decline, recession, set-back), suhtautuminen (attitude, stand). (various references) | |
French | réaction (response). (various references) | |
German | Reaktion (feedback, response), Gegenwirkung (counteraction). (various references) | |
Greek | αντίδραση (counteraction). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תגובה (reflex, reply, response, retaliation, retort), התנגדות לקדמה, הגבה (response, retort), ריאקציה. (various references) | |
Hungarian | visszahatás (backlash, reactiveness, repercussion, retroaction, retroactivity, revulsion), válasz (answer, rejoinder, repartee, replication, reply, response), reakció (backlash, response), ellenhatás (counteraction, reactiveness). (various references) | |
Icelandic | viðbragð. (various references) | |
Indonesian | reaksi, tindak balas, bidasan (spring movement, stretch). (various references) | |
Italian | reazione (rebound, response). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 逆作用 (adverse effect), リーマン幾何学 (reactance, reactor, real, realism, realist, realistic, reality, realtime, real-time system, rear, rear drive, rear engine, rear seat, rear window, reel, Rias, Riemannian geometry), 反響 (echo, influence, repercussion, reverberation), 反落 , 手答え (effect, resistance, response), 戻り (recovery, return), 反作用 , 反動 (kick, recoil), 反応 (response), 反応 (response), 副作用 (secondary effect). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぎゃくさよう (adverse effect), リアクション , ふくさよう (secondary effect), もどり (recovery, return), はんきょう (anticommunist, echo, influence, repercussion, reverberation), はんさよう, はんのう (part-time farming, response), はんどう (kick, recoil), はんらく, てごたえ (effect, resistance, response). (various references) | |
Korean | 반응 (Responding). (various references) | |
Manx | ym-obbraghey (react), freggyrt (acknowledgement, answer, come back; outcrop, correspond, react, rejoin, rejoinder, reply, respond, response, retort, solution, suit), frassaghey (precipitation), aawoalley (backlash, kickback, react, repercussion, reverberate), aavuilley (cannon, counterblow, recoil, resonance, return, tintinnabulation). (various references) | |
Papiamen | reakshon. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eactionray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | reação (response, retroaction). (various references) | |
Romanian | reacţiune, reacţie (afterglow, response, reverberation), rãspuns (acknowledgement, acknowledgment, answer, repartee, replication, reply, respond, respondence, response, retort, script, solution), influenţã (action, ascendancy, authority, carry over, credit, effect, force, hold, impact, influence, influenza, leaven, potency, push, weight), impresie (effect, feeling, impress, impression, show), contraloviturã (counter-stroke, riposte), şoc (concussion, dash, hit, jar, jerk, jolt, kick, percussion, shock). (various references) | |
Russian | реакция (answer, test). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | reakcija (counterwork). (various references) | |
Spanish | reacción (backlash, feedback, kickback, response, revulsion). (various references) | |
Swedish | reaktion (rebound). (various references) | |
Thai | การตอบสนอง (requital), ปฏิกิริยาเคมี, ปฏิกิริยาตอบกลับ. (various references) | |
Turkish | reaksiyon (countercheck, effect, reagent, rebound, take), tepme (kick, kicking), tepkime, tepki (answer, countercheck, reagent, rebound, reception, repercussion, repercussions, response, revulsion, take), karşı kuvvet, irtica, gericilik (obscurantism, retrogadation), geri tepme (back fire, backfire, jump, kick, rebound, recoil, repercussion, repulse, repulsion, return, reverse). (various references) | |
Turkmen | reaksiяa (r). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | реакція (antiperistasis, response), відзив, вплив (action, ascendant, authority, effect, impact, influence, interest, operation, pressure, weight), протидія (antagonism, back-set, counteraction, countercheck, countermeasure, counterwork, opposition, resistance). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự phản tác dụng, sự đánh trả lại. (various references) | |
Welsh | adweithiad, adwaith. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "reaction": reactionaries, reactionary, reactionaryism, reactionaryisms, reactions. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "reaction": abreaction, counterreaction, overreaction, photoreaction. (additional references) | |
Words containing "reaction": abreactions, counterreactions, overreactions, photoreactions. (additional references) | |
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"Reaction" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Arcachon, eration, racion, reacttion, reation, recation, refacction, renation, repation, reuction, revation, rexation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "reaction" (pronounced rēa"kshun) |
| 5 | -a" k sh u n | faction, abstraction, action, attraction, contraction, diffraction, dissatisfaction, distraction, exaction, extraction, fraction, inaction, infraction, interaction, liquefaction, retraction, satisfaction, subtraction, traction, transaction. |
| 4 | -k sh u n | fiction, abduction, addiction, advection, affection, affliction, auction, benediction, circumspection, collection, complexion, compunction, concoction, conduction, confection, conjunction, connection, constriction, construction, contradiction, convection, conviction, correction, crucifixion, deconstruction, deduction, defection, depiction, dereliction, destruction, detection, diction, direction, disaffection, disconnection, disinfection, dissection, distinction, dysfunction, ejection, election, erection, eviction, extinction, flexion, friction, function, imperfection, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, injection, injunction, inspection, instruction, insurrection, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intersection, introduction, introspection, junction, jurisdiction, liposuction, malfunction, midsection, nonfiction, objection, obstruction, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, perfection, prediction, predilection, preelection, production, projection, protection, recollection, reconstruction, redirection, reduction, reelection, reflection, reinspection, reintroduction, rejection, reproduction, restriction, resurrection, sanction, section, seduction, selection, subsection, suction, transection. |
| 3 | -sh u n | facilitation, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fission, abrogation, absolution, absorption, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, activation, adaptation, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attribution, attrition, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, confabulation, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraption, contribution, contrition, convention, conversation, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, dietitian, differentiation, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, discoloration, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distortion, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extortion, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, freshen, fruition, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, interception, intercession, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, predisposition, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redistribution, reeducation, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reintegration, reinterpretation, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, resumption, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, secession, secretion, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, suburbanization, succession, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, tradition, transcription, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: anoretic, creation. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-n-o-r-t" | |
-1 letter: aconite, carotin, ceratin, certain, cointer, creatin, enactor, erotica, noticer, tacrine. | |
-2 letters: acetin, action, aeonic, aortic, aroint, atoner, atonic, canter, cantor, carnet, carnie, carton, cation, centai, centra, citron, coater, coiner, contra, cornea, cornet, cortin, craton, cretin, enatic, erotic, nectar, noetic, norite, notice, octane, orcein, orient, ornate, ratine, ration, recant, recoin, retain, retina, tanrec. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-n-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: accretion, anchorite, anorectic, anoretics, antechoir, carnotite, container, creations, cremation, crenation, fornicate, manticore, narcotize, reactions, redaction. | |
+2 letters: abreaction, accretions, achondrite, aeronautic, anchorites, anorectics, antechoirs, antierotic, antiheroic, auctioneer, carnotites, carotenoid, chlorinate, citronella, cocreating, concertina, containers, contraries, coordinate, corelating, cremations, crenations, decorating, decoration, detraction, enunciator, eructation, execration, extraction, fornicated, fornicates, fractioned, iatrogenic, importance, interlocal, interocean, laceration, lectionary, maceration, manometric, manticores, narcotized, narcotizes, octonaries, overacting, overaction, pratincole, precaution, recitation, recreation, redactions, refraction, relocating, relocation, retraction, revocation, trajection, ulceration, vacationer, vociferant. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Abbreviations 20. Acronyms | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Bibliography |
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