"coaction" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Middle English coaccion, from Latin coāctiō. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|coaccion}} Middle English coaccion, {{der|en|la|coāctiō}} Latin coāctiō Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} coaction
  1. (obsolete) force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-coaction-en-noun-90frquU1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: coactions [plural]
Etymology: co- + action Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|co|action}} co- + action Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} coaction (countable and uncountable, plural coactions)
  1. Collective or collaborative action. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-coaction-en-noun-XFwvdp7l
  2. (mathematics) The mapped version of an action to a cogroup. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-coaction-en-noun-~0VIKTPU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with co- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 4 54 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with co-: 34 15 51 Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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