Word Type

Noun

The word "reaction" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Abderhalden reaction Appel reaction Arbuzov reaction Arndt-Eistert reaction Arthus reaction Asinger reaction BZ reaction Bamford-Stevens reaction Barton reaction Barton-Zard reaction Baylis-Hillman reaction Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction Boudouard reaction Briggs-Rauscher reaction Bucherer reaction Bunsen reaction Cannizzaro reaction Curtius reaction Darzens reaction Diels-Alder reaction Dötz reaction Finkelstein reaction Friedel-Crafts reaction Gould-Jacobs reaction Grignard reaction HWE reaction Heck reaction Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction Horner-Wittig reaction Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction Knoevenagel reaction Kolbe reaction Kolbe-Schmitt reaction Kulinkovich reaction Lewis reaction Maillard reaction Mannich reaction Mazzotti reaction McCormack reaction Meerwein-Ponndorf reaction Michael reaction Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction Mitsunobu reaction Molisch reaction Norrish reaction Prevost reaction Reformatsky reaction Reimer-Tiemann reaction Ritter reaction SN1 reaction SN2 reaction Sandmeyer reaction Schmidt reaction Simmons-Smith reaction Sonogashira reaction Stetter reaction Stille reaction Suzuki reaction Tsuji-Trost reaction Weiss-Cook reaction Wharton reaction Wittig reaction Wohl-Ziegler reaction Wulff-Dötz reaction Wurtz reaction Zincke reaction Zincke-Suhl reaction addition reaction alarm reaction alcohol flush reaction alloreaction autoreaction backreaction bioreaction chain reaction chemical reaction click reaction combat stress reaction condensation reaction cortical reaction counterreaction crossreaction cytotoxic reaction dehydration reaction diazo reaction dissociation reaction double replacement reaction double-replacement reaction electron transfer reaction elimination reaction gravireaction gut reaction half-reaction haloform reaction heat of reaction hunting reaction hyperreaction id reaction idiosyncratic reaction immune reaction immunoreaction in reaction insertion reaction interreaction knee-jerk reaction macroreaction microreaction misreaction mixed reaction mixed reactions multireaction name reaction neoreaction nonreaction nuclear reaction oscillatory reaction overreaction paradoxical rage reaction pericyclic reaction photochemical reaction photonuclear reaction photoreaction polymerase chain reaction polyreaction postreaction precipitation reaction problem-reaction-solution protective reaction pseudoreaction reaction GIF reaction control system reaction drive reaction engine reaction image reaction mass reaction mechanism reaction mixture reaction rate constant reaction save reaction time reaction turbine reaction vessel reaction wheel reaction wood reactionism reactionist reactionless reactionware reactionwise rearrangement reaction redox reaction sequential reaction seroreaction subreaction substitution reaction thermite reaction triboreaction underreaction xenoreaction Étard reaction

Derived From

react

Etymologically Related To

action re

Context

chemistry mechanics politics

Has Property

one kind of response

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

activity bodily function bodily process body process chemical action chemical change chemical process conservatism conservativism force idea opposition resistance response thought

Type Of (IsA)

bodily process conservatism force idea resistance response

Related Terms

react reactant reactional reactionary reactor

Related Terms

act act again action again chain reaction combination convert decomposition event mixed reactions multiple multiple parts nuclear nuclear event parts politics react reactant reaction time reactional reactionary reactor response response to statement stimulus substance transformation

Synonym Network

chemical reaction reax response rxn

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