interactiveadj.
/ɪntərˈaktɪv/ 1. Reciprocally active; acting upon or influencing each other.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [adjective] > interactive
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1832 I. Taylor Saturday Evening (1833) 333 The Infinite Excellence..comprising Interactive Causes which must have products possessing absolutely no affinity with any thing exterior to itself.
1879 H. W. Warren Recreations in Astron. xii. 257 Yet its interactive atoms can give four hundred millions of light-waves a second.
1972 Computers & Humanities 6 195 A method which will provide the student with a rapid interactive feedback.
1972 Science 2 June 1019/1 A complicated and interactive set of physical, chemical, biological and human processes act in concert to yield a spectrum of measured values.
2. Pertaining to or being a computer or other electronic device that allows a two-way flow of information between it and a user, responding immediately to the latter's input.
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society > computing and information technology > hardware > computer > [adjective] > interactive
interactive1967
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > types of machine generally > [adjective] > other types
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interactive1967
1967 IEEE Trans. Human Factors in Electronics VIII. 1/1 Multiple-access, on-line interactive man–computer systems.
1971 IEEE Trans. Electron Devices XVIII. 618/2 We can see that even from this simplified description of the composition of interactive terminals, a wide variety of disciplines are called upon to establish a successful interaction between man and the computer system.
1973 C. W. Gear Introd. Computer Sci. iv. 153 The input to the typewriter system is in the interactive mode.
1981 Event 9 Oct. 28/4 Interactive video, TV screens equipped with computer-linked press-buttons for instant Q&A verdicts on the show—asked in the studio and answered in your own home.
1983 Listener 22 Sept. 34/2 It would include local and national news, sport and finance, but also interactive teleshopping, telebanking and a host of special offers and giveaways to members of the club.
1985 Personal Computer World Feb. 196/1 Educationalists recognise interactive video as being potentially more accessible to teachers than the micro.
Derivatives
interˈactively adv. by means of an interactive system; in a way characteristic of such a system.
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society > computing and information technology > hardware > peripherals > [adverb]
interactively1970
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > types of machine generally > [adverb] > interactively
interactively1970
1970 Computers & Humanities 5 24 It would be especially interesting to make this sort of investigation interactively, using some kind of terminal.
1973 Physics Bull. Aug. 497/1 A computer program, Trace,..can be interrogated interactively to show how store movements have progressed.
1978 Sci. Amer. Apr. 26/1 Using a satellite to transmit data, voice, full-motion and freeze-frame video, and facsimile documents—all interactively—Satellite Business Systems (SBS) has undertaken a pace-setting experiment in advanced communications for geographically dispersed organizations.
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