Reaction
21reaction — n. 1) to cause, trigger a reaction 2) to encounter, meet with a reaction 3) an adverse, negative; favorable, positive; strong; weak reaction 4) an allergic; chain; chemical; delayed; knee jerk (usu. fig.); natural, normal; nuclear; physiological… …
22reaction — noun 1 TO A SITUATION/EVENT (C, U) something that you feel or do that is a result of something that has happened to you or been said to you: What was Jeff s reaction when you told him about the job? (+ to): Her parents reaction to the news was… …
23RÉACTION — n. f. T. de Physique Action d’un corps sur un autre qui agit ou vient d’agir sur lui. La réaction est toujours égale à l’action. En termes de Chimie, il désigne des Modifications d’ordre chimique résultant de l’action d’un corps sur un autre. En… …
24Reaction — A reaction is usually any response caused by some other event:*Adverse drug reaction *Chemical reaction *Light reaction *Nuclear reaction *Reaction (physics), as defined by Newton s third law *Reflex reaction *Reactionary, a political tendencyThe …
25reaction*/*/*/ — [riˈækʃ(ə)n] noun 1) [C] the way that you feel or behave as a result of something that happens My mother s reaction was quite unexpected.[/ex] Shock is a natural reaction to such bad news.[/ex] See: knee jerk 2) [C] a bad effect on your body… …
26reaction — reactional, adj. reactionally, adv. /ree ak sheuhn/, n. 1. a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner. 2. movement in the direction of political conservatism or extreme rightism. 3. action in response to some… …
27réaction — (ré a ksion ; en vers, de quatre syllabes) s. f. 1° Terme de physique. Action opposée à une autre ; résistance active à un effort quelconque. C est par réaction que le corps élastique comprimé rebondit à la hauteur d où il est tombé, et qu un… …
28Réaction — BAKOUNINE (Mikhaïl Aleksandrovitch) Bio express : Révolutionnaire anarchiste russe (1814 1876) «La révolution n est pas la révolution lorsqu elle agit en despote et lorsque, au lieu de provoquer la liberté dans les masses, elle… …
29Reaction — A decline in prices following an advance. Opposite of rally. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * reaction UK US /riˈækʃən/ noun [C or U] ► the way that something happens, or that someone does something, as a result of something else:… …
30reaction — The tendency for prices to decline after a price rise. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary A decline in prices following an advance. Opposite of rally. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary A decline in prices following an advance. The opposite of a… …
