Rhymes with attraction
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A a Two-syllable rhymes
- action — Action is doing something for a particular purpose.
- faction — a form of writing or filmmaking that treats real people or events as if they were fictional or uses them as an integral part of a fictional account.
- fraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- traction — the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
Three-syllable rhymes
- abstraction — An abstraction is a general idea rather than one relating to a particular object, person, or situation.
- chain reaction — A chain reaction is a series of chemical changes, each of which causes the next.
- contraction — When a woman who is about to give birth has contractions, she experiences a very strong, painful tightening of the muscles of her womb.
- diffraction — the phenomenon exhibited by wave fronts that, passing the edge of an opaque body, are modulated, thereby causing a redistribution of energy within the front: it is detectable in light waves by the presence of a pattern of closely spaced dark and light bands (diffraction pattern) at the edge of a shadow.
- distraction — the act of distracting.
- inaction — absence of action; idleness.
- infraction — breach; violation; infringement: an infraction of the rules.
- reaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- retraction — the act of retracting or the state of being retracted.
- simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
- subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
- transaction — the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- common fraction — a fraction whose numerator and denominator are both whole numbers
- complex fraction — a fraction in which the numerator or denominator or both contain fractions
- compound fraction — complex fraction
- direct action — any action seeking to achieve an immediate or direct result, especially an action against an established authority or powerful institution, as a strike or picketing.
- immune reaction — All the changes in a tissue that result from the action of a foreign substance introduced into an organism.
- interaction — reciprocal action, effect, or influence.
- liquefaction — the act or process of liquefying or making liquid.
- nuclear reaction — reaction (def 8).
- police action — a relatively localized military action undertaken by regular armed forces, without a formal declaration of war, against guerrillas, insurgents, or other forces held to be violating international peace and order.
- proper fraction — a fraction having the numerator less, or lower in degree, than the denominator.
- satisfaction — an act of satisfying; fulfillment; gratification.
- social action — individual or group behavior that involves interaction with other individuals or groups, especially organized action toward social reform.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- chemical reaction — a process that involves changes in the structure and energy content of atoms, molecules, or ions but not their nuclei
- continued fraction — a number plus a fraction whose denominator contains a number and a fraction whose denominator contains a number and a fraction, and so on
- decimal fraction — a fraction whose denominator is some power of 10, usually indicated by a dot (decimal point or point) written before the numerator: as 0.4 = 4/10; 0.126 = 126/1000.
- delayed action — A delayed action mechanism causes a delay on the device it is fitted to, so that it does not work as soon as you switch it on or operate it.
- dissatisfaction — the state or attitude of not being satisfied; discontent; displeasure.
- improper fraction — a fraction having the numerator greater than the denominator.
- insulin reaction — a state of collapse caused by a decrease in blood sugar resulting from the administration of excessive insulin.
- law of mass action — the statement that the rate of a chemical reaction is proportional to the concentrations of the reacting substances.
- strong interaction — the interaction between gluons and between gluons and quarks that is responsible for the strong force.
- weak interaction — the interaction between elementary particles and the intermediate vector bosons that carry the weak force from one particle to another.
- x-ray diffraction — diffraction of x-rays by the regularly spaced atoms of a crystal, useful for determining the arrangement of the atoms.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- affirmative action — Affirmative action is the policy of giving jobs and other opportunities to members of groups such as racial minorities or women who might not otherwise have them.
- capillary action — Also called capillary action, capillary attraction. Physics. a manifestation of surface tension by which the portion of the surface of a liquid coming in contact with a solid is elevated or depressed, depending on the adhesive or cohesive properties of the liquid.
- thermonuclear reaction — a nuclear-fusion reaction that takes place between the nuclei of a gas, especially hydrogen, heated to a temperature of several million degrees.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- law of action and reaction — any of three laws of classical mechanics, either the law that a body remains at rest or in motion with a constant velocity unless an external force acts on the body (first law of motion) the law that the sum of the forces acting on a body is equal to the product of the mass of the body and the acceleration produced by the forces, with motion in the direction of the resultant of the forces (second law of motion) or the law that for every force acting on a body, the body exerts a force having equal magnitude and the opposite direction along the same line of action as the original force (third law of motion or law of action and reaction)
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- fundamental interaction — any of the four basic interactions that occur in nature: the gravitational, electromagnetic, strong, and weak interactions
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- gravitational interaction — an interaction between particles or bodies resulting from their mass. It is very weak and occurs at all distances