nnoun.process(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into othersTopic:chemical sciencechemistry
Synset:chemical reaction
Examples:- there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water
Derivationally Related Form:react
Hypernyms:chemical action chemical change chemical process
Inherited Hypernyms:chemical reactionchemical processnatural processprocessphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:addition reactionaldol reactionchain reactionchemical decomposition reactionchemical equilibriumdecompositiondecomposition reactiondisplacementdisplacement reactiondouble decompositiondouble decomposition reactionelimination reactionendothermic reactionequilibriumexothermic reactionhydrolysismetathesisneutralisationneutralisation reactionneutralizationneutralization reactionoxidationoxidation-reductionoxidisationoxidizationoxidoreductionphotochemical reactionredoxreducingreductionsaponification
Full Hyponyms:acid-base equilibriumaddition reactionaldol reactionblazecalcinationchain reactionchemical equilibriumcombustiondecompositiondeflagrationdisplacementdouble decompositiondouble replacement reactionelectrolysiselimination reactionendothermic reactionexothermic reactionfireflarehydrolysisignitioninternal combustionlight reactionneutralizationnitrificationoxidationoxidation-reductionphotochemical reactionreductionrustsaponificationspontaneous combustion
nnoun.cognitionan idea evoked by some experienceExamples:- his reaction to the news was to start planning what to do
Hypernyms:idea thought
Inherited Hypernyms:reactionideacontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.acta bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agentSynset:response
Examples:- a bad reaction to the medicine
- his responses have slowed with age
Derivationally Related Form:react
Hypernyms:activity bodily function bodily process body process
Inherited Hypernyms:reactionbodily processorganic processprocessphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Fere phenomenonGSRTarchanoff phenomenonanswerautomatismdouble takeelectrical skin responseelectrodermal responsegalvanic skin responseimmune reactionimmune responseimmunologic responseinborn reflexinnate reflexinstinctive reflexkinesislearned reactionlearned responseoverreactionpassagepassingphysiological reactionpsychogalvanic responsereboundreflexreflex actionreflex responsetaxistransfusion reactiontropismunconditioned reflex
Full Hyponyms:accommodation reflexanamnestic responseanswerautomatismbabinskibelchblinkblushcell-mediated immune responsechemotaxiscomplement fixationconditional reflexconditioned avoidancedefecation reflexdouble takeelectric shockergotropismfartgalvanic skin responsegeotropismgulpheliotropismhematemesishiccuphumoral immune responsehyperemesishyperemesis gravidarumimmune responsekinesisknee jerklearned reactionlight reflexmeteortropismmicturition reflexmydriasisnegative chemotaxisneurotropismoverreactionpalpebrationpandiculationpassagepharyngeal reflexphototropismpilomotor reflexplantar reflexpositive chemotaxisreboundreflexrooting reflexruminationsneezestartlestartle reflexstartle responsestretch reflexsuckling reflextaxisthermotropismtransfusion reactiontrembletrophotropismtropismvomitwinceyawn
nnoun.phenomenon(mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a bodyTopic:mechanics
Examples:- every action has an equal and opposite reaction
Hypernyms:force
Inherited Hypernyms:reactionforcephysical phenomenonnatural phenomenonphenomenonprocessphysical entityentity
nnoun.phenomenona response that reveals a person's feelings or attitudeExamples:- he was pleased by the audience's reaction to his performance
- John feared his mother's reaction when she saw the broken lamp
Derivationally Related Form:react
Hypernyms:response
Inherited Hypernyms:reactionresponseconsequencephenomenonprocessphysical entityentity
nnoun.cognitionextreme conservatism in political or social mattersExamples:- the forces of reaction carried the election
Derivationally Related Form:reactionary
Hypernyms:conservatism conservativism
Inherited Hypernyms:reactionconservatismpolitical orientationorientationattitudecognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.actdoing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't likeExamples:- his style of painting was a reaction against cubism
Hypernyms:opposition resistance
Inherited Hypernyms:reactionresistanceactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:backlash
Full Hyponyms:backlashwhitelash