Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coaction

/koʊˈækʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: coac-tion
IPA: /koʊˈækʃən/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling

Obsolete

noun

Collective or collaborative action.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The mapped version of an action to a cogroup.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"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 […]"
"actions and coactions of measured groupoids on von Neumann algebras"

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English coaccioun, from Latin coāctiō.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: co
Root: coaccioun, coāctiō

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /koʊˈækʃən/
British English: /kəʊˈakʃən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

coactions (plural)

Synonyms

collaboration

Questions

How do you pronounce coaction?: The recorded pronunciation is /koʊˈækʃən/.
What does coaction mean?: Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling
Where does coaction come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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