Microinteraction
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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?"
Example
More examples"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?"
Etymology
From micro- + interaction.
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