microinteraction

noun

Any very small-scale interaction between a user and the system they are using.

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Meanings

nounmicrointeraction (plural microinteractions)

plural microinteractions · alternative micro-interaction

  1. computingAny very small-scale interaction between a user and the system they are using.
  2. human sciencesA short social interaction.

    If our brisk urban life is no longer broken up by chats at the cash register or banter with the barman[…], if we lose the benefits of all those micro-interactions that we know make us feel more connected, is it not inevitable that isolation and disconnection will be greater?

    2020, Noreena Hertz, The Lonely Century, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN

Origin

From micro- + interaction.

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APA

microinteraction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microinteraction

MLA

“microinteraction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microinteraction. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microinteraction,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microinteraction.

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