What does the word reaction mean?
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The response of a muscle or other living tissue to a stimulus. 2. The color change affected in litmus and certain other organic pigments by contact with various substances ( acids or alkalies); also the property which such substances possess of producing this change. 3. In chemistry the intermolecular action of two or more substances upon each other, whereby these substances are caused to disappear, new ones being formed in their place.
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Usage examples for reaction
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Then they watched for the reaction, feeling sure it must come, and longing that it should be over. – Shenac's Work at Home by Margaret Murray Robertson
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The reaction set in quickly. – Acid Bath by Vaseleos Garson
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Then presently a reaction would set in, and he would be seized with remorse. – Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens by Albert Bigelow Paine Last Updated: February 20, 2009
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