ALL meanings of counterreaction
re·ac·tion
C c - noun counterreaction a reaction against an initial action 3
- noun counterreaction a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner. 1
- noun counterreaction movement in the direction of political conservatism or extreme rightism. 1
- noun counterreaction action in response to some influence, event, etc.: the nation's reaction to the president's speech. 1
- noun counterreaction Physiology. action in response to a stimulus, as of the system or of a nerve, muscle, etc. 1
- noun counterreaction Medicine/Medical. the action caused by the resistance to another action. a return to the opposite physical condition, as after shock, exhaustion, or chill. 1
- noun counterreaction Bacteriology, Immunology. the specific cellular response to foreign matter, as in testing for allergies. 1
- noun counterreaction Chemistry. the reciprocal action of chemical agents upon each other; chemical change. 1
- noun counterreaction Also called nuclear reaction. Physics. a process in which a nucleus that is bombarded by a photon, particle, or other nucleus, emits a nucleon, alpha particle, or the like, without a significant change in its atomic weight. 1
- noun counterreaction Mechanics. the instantaneous response of a system to an applied force, manifested as the exertion of a force equal in magnitude but opposite in direction to the applied force. 1
- noun counterreaction Commerce. a decline in the market after an advance in prices. 1
- noun counterreaction An action taken in response to a prior reaction. 0