coaction

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UK/kəʊˈakʃən/US/koʊˈækʃən/

noun

Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling

“actions and coactions of measured groupoids on von Neumann algebras”

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collaboration
OriginMiddle English coaccioun ← Latin coāctiō →
Scrabble 12
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Meanings

coaction1

noun
  1. obsoleteForce; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling

    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.

coaction2

nouncoaction (countable and uncountable, plural coactions)

plural coactions

  1. countableuncountableCollective or collaborative action.

    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 […]

    1997, Lauren B. Resnick, Discourse, Tools and Reasoning: Essays on Situated Cognition
  2. countableuncountablemathematicsThe mapped version of an action to a cogroup.

    actions and coactions of measured groupoids on von Neumann algebras

Synonyms & antonyms

nounact of working jointly

Similar
collaboration
Broader
cooperation
Also see
collaboration

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

coaction · noun

  1. Latincoāctiō
  2. Middle Englishcoaccioun
  3. Englishcoaction

Inherited from Middle English coaccioun, from Latin coāctiō.

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coaction · noun

From co- + action.

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Translations

Spanish coacción, coacción
  • coacciónforce; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling
  • coacciónTranslations

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

coaction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coaction

MLA

“coaction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coaction. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coaction,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coaction.

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