| reaction | doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like |
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| reaction | a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some foregoing stimulus or agent |
| reaction | an idea evoked by some experience |
| reaction | extreme conservatism in political or social matters |
| reaction | a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude |
| reaction | (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body |
| reaction | (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others |
| reaction | a jet or rocket engine based on a form of aerodynamic propulsion in which the vehicle emits a high-speed stream |
| reaction | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously develops attitudes and behavior that are the opposite of unacceptable repressed desires and impulses and serve to conceal them |
| reaction | propulsion that results from the ejection at high velocity of a mass of gas to which the vehicle reacts with an equal and opposite momentum |
| reaction | the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it |
| reaction | a turbine with blades arranged to develop torque from gradual decrease of steam pressure from inlet to exhaust |