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microinteraction

microinteraction noun: any very small-scale interaction between a user and the system they are using.

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 microinteraction

pluralmicrointeractions
alternative formmicro-interaction

Origin of microinteraction

From micro- + interaction.

Questions about microinteraction

What does microinteraction mean?
Microinteraction means any very small-scale interaction between a user and the system they are using.
What part of speech is microinteraction?
Microinteraction is a noun.
What is the plural of microinteraction?
The plural of microinteraction is microinteractions.

Words near microinteraction in the dictionary

  1. microinsulting
  2. microinsults
  3. microinsurance
  4. microinsurer
  5. microinsurers
  6. microinteraction
  7. microinteractional
  8. microinteractions
  9. microinterferometric
  10. microinterlocking
  11. microintervention

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