coactivity

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noun

Acting together or in harmony; unity or interdependence of action.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

nouncoactivity (countable and uncountable, plural coactivities)

plural coactivities

  1. countableuncountableActing together or in harmony; unity or interdependence of action.

    This may be called the 'perichoretic coactivity of the Holy Trinity ' .

    2001, Thomas F. Torrance, Christian Doctrine of God, One Being Three Persons, page 198
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    Coactivity means that the establishment of communication between different components implies that the emitter will be modified by its participation in a relational exchange, that the receiver is not content to receive the information and energy, but that some of its functional characteristics will be modified, and that the existense of the creation of this relationship will be, in a sinse, reified bia the modification of the potential relationship between emitter and receptor, and becoming (if it did not previously exist) a new component at the level of the relationship between components.

    2018, Alain Cardon ·, Beyond Artificial Intelligence, page 17
  2. countableuncountablemedicineSimultaneous activation.

    There is little question that a significant amount of antagonistic coactivation exists and is the rule rather than the exception under typical manual materials handling conditions. This coactivity has been noted in response to several workplace factors in several studies.

    2012, Kevin P. Granata, Kermit G. Davis, William S. Marras, “Biomechanical Models in Ergonomics”, in Amit Bhattacharya, James D. McGlothlin, editor, Occupational Ergonomics: Theory and Applications, page 154
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    In addition to stress-related mental health problems, coactivity may also indicate other stress-related problems like cardiovascular disease. Coactivation alters HR dynamics (Eickholt et al., 2018; Tulppo et al., 2005) and may predispose individuals to atrial fibrillation (Tan et al., 2008), a risk factor for heart attack and stroke (Odutayo et al., 2016). Hypothetically, situations that induce coactivity chronically may precipitate or exacerbate atrial fibrillation, placing individuals at greater risk of heart disease; however, this idea has yet to be explored empirically.

    2020, Kate L. Harkness, Elizabeth P. Hayden, The Oxford Handbook of Stress and Mental Health, page 498

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinco-
  7. Englishco-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  10. Proto-Italic*agō
  11. Latinagō
  12. Ancient Greekἐνεργητικός (energētikós)
  13. Latināctīvus
  14. Latināctīvitās
  15. Middle Frenchactivité
  16. Englishactivity
  17. Englishcoactivity

From co- + activity.

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