Coaction
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kəʊˈakʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Coaction is a noun meaning Collective or collaborative action.
Meaning
Collective or collaborative action.
More Meanings
- (mathematics) The mapped version of an action to a cogroup.
- (obsolete) Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling
Example Sentences
actions and coactions of measured groupoids on von Neumann algebras
In the coaction condition, however, where the children did not have any opportunity to interact with one another, the mixed gender pairings produced a marked and statistically significant polarization of performance […]
November 9, 1662, Robert South, Of the Creation of Man in the Image of God It had the passions in perfect subjection; and though its command over them was persuasive and political, yet it had the force of coaction, and despotical.
Word Forms
- coactions
Synonyms for coaction
Depending on context, synonyms include collaboration.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include collaboration, compulsitor, coercee, coercer, coagmentation, coaxing.
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