microinteraction
nounEtymology From micro- + interaction.
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Computing, Engineering, Graphical user interface, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Any very small-scale interaction between a user and the system they are using.
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Human sciences, Sciences, Social science, Social sciences A short social interaction.
- If our brisk urban life is no longer broken up by chats at the cash register or banter with the barman[…], if we lose the benefits of all those micro-interactions that we know make us feel more connected, is it not inevitable that isolation and disconnection will be greater?2020, Noreena Hertz, The Lonely Century, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN: