COACTION

collaboration, coaction

(noun) act of working jointly; “they worked either in collaboration or independently”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

coaction

(obsolete) force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling

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Etymology 2

Noun

coaction (countable and uncountable, plural coactions)

Collective or collaborative action.

(mathematics) The mapped version of an action to a cogroup.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


Co*ac"tion, n. Etym: [L. coactio.]

Definition: Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling. Sojth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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