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Detailed Translations for reaction from English to French

reaction:

reaction [the ~] noun

  1. the reaction (answer; response; reply; retort)
    la réponse; la réaction; la réplique; la réfutation
  2. the reaction (countermovement; contrary movement)

Translation Matrix for reaction:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
mouvement inverse contrary movement; countermovement; reaction
mouvement opposé contrary movement; countermovement; reaction
réaction answer; reaction; reply; response; retort
réfutation answer; reaction; reply; response; retort evidence of the contrary; proof of the contrary; rebuttal; refutation
réplique answer; reaction; reply; response; retort copy; counter-plea; duplicate; evidence of the contrary; objection; proof of the contrary; rebuttal; refutation; replica; transcription
réponse answer; reaction; reply; response; retort response
- chemical reaction; response
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- repercussion; retroaction

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Related Definitions for "reaction":

  1. doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like1
    • his style of painting was a reaction against cubism1
  2. a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent1
    • a bad reaction to the medicine1
  3. an idea evoked by some experience1
    • his reaction to the news was to start planning what to do1
  4. extreme conservatism in political or social matters1
    • the forces of reaction carried the election1
  5. a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude1
    • he was pleased by the audience's reaction to his performance1
    • John feared his mother's reaction when she saw the broken lamp1
  6. (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body1
    • every action has an equal and opposite reaction1
  7. (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others1

Wiktionary Translations for reaction:

reaction
noun
  1. action in response to an event
  2. chemical transformation
reaction
noun
  1. physique|fr action d’un corps sur un autre qui agir ou vient d’agir sur lui.

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
reaction réaction reactie — een actie die een gevolg is van een stimulus
reaction réaction Reaktion — (Gegen-)Handlung, die aus einer vorhergehenden Handlung oder einem Reiz folgt

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