Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RE-AC'TION
RE-AC'TION, n.
- In physics, counteraction; the resistance made by a body to the action or impulse of another body, which endeavors to change its state, either of motion or rest. Action and reaction are equal. – Newton. Arbuthnot.
- Any action in resisting other action or power.
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