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micro-interaction

micro-interaction is the alternative spelling of microinteraction.

Meaning of microinteraction

Noun

microinteraction (plural microinteractions)

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

Forms of micro-interaction

pluralmicro-interactions

Questions about micro-interaction

What is micro-interaction the alternative spelling of?
Micro-interaction is the alternative spelling of microinteraction.

Words near micro-interaction in the dictionary

  1. micro-home
  2. micro-homes
  3. micro-housing
  4. micro-influencer
  5. micro-influencers
  6. micro-interaction
  7. micro-interactions
  8. micro-irrigation
  9. micro-joule
  10. micro-labor
  11. micro-labour

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