reaction
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～ an idea evoked by some experience; "his reaction to the news was to start planning what to do"
reaction
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～ (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others; "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water"
reaction
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～ a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude; "he was pleased by the audience's reaction to his performance"; "John feared his mother's reaction when she saw the broken lamp"
reaction
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～ extreme conservatism in political or social matters; "the forces of reaction carried the election"
reaction
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～ a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age"
reaction-propulsion engine
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～ a jet or rocket engine based on a form of aerodynamic propulsion in which the vehicle emits a high-speed stream
reaction
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～ (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body; "every action has an equal and opposite reaction"
reaction propulsion
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～ 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
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～ doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like; "his style of painting was a reaction against cubism"
reaction engine
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～ a jet or rocket engine based on a form of aerodynamic propulsion in which the vehicle emits a high-speed stream
reaction formation
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～ (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; "his strict morality is just a reaction formation to hide his sexual drive"