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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: reciprocal action and reaction

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1862 interaction <the interplay of opposing forces> • interplay intransitive verb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 reciprocal action. 2 the operation of two things on each other.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Interplay In`ter*play`, n. Mutual action or influence; interaction; as, the interplay of affection.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

The interplay between two or more things or people is the way that they have an effect on each another or react to each other. ...the interplay of political, economic, social and cultural factors. = interaction N-UNCOUNT: usu N between/of pl-n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Reciprocal action, interaction.

Moby Thesaurus

ESP, alternation, answer, battledore and shuttlecock, coact, coaction, commerce, communication, communion, commutation, complementary distribution, concurrence, congress, connection, contact, conversation, converse, cooperate, cooperation, correspondence, counterchange, cross fire, dealing, dealings, dovetail, engage, engagement, exchange, give-and-take, information, interact, interaction, interchange, intercommunication, intercommunion, intercourse, interlace, interlacing, intermesh, intermeshing, intermutation, intertwine, intertwining, interweave, interweaving, interwork, interworking, lex talionis, linguistic intercourse, measure for measure, mesh, meshing, message, mortise, mutual admiration, mutual support, mutual transfer, mutuality, permutation, quid pro quo, reciprocality, reciprocation, reciprocity, reply, response, retaliation, seesaw, social intercourse, something for something, speaking, speech, speech circuit, speech situation, talking, telepathy, tit for tat, touch, traffic, transposal, transposition, truck, two-way communication