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English to English noun
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(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others |  | Example: there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water
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an idea evoked by some experience | | Example: his reaction to the news was to start planning what to do
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a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent | | Example: a bad reaction to the medicine
his responses have slowed with age
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(mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body | | Example: every action has an equal and opposite reaction
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a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude | | Example: he was pleased by the audience's reaction to his performance
John feared his mother's reaction when she saw the broken lamp
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extreme conservatism in political or social matters | | Example: the forces of reaction carried the election
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doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like | | Example: his style of painting was a reaction against cubism
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Any action in resisting other action or force; counter tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse action. | | source: webster1913
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A regular or characteristic response to a stimulation of the nerves. | | source: webster1913
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