interplayn.
/ˈɪntəpleɪ/, U.S. /ˈɪn(t)ərˌpleɪ/ Reciprocal play, free interaction; mutual operation of two things or agents in influencing each other's action or character.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [noun] > interaction
interdeal1591
circulation1597
discourse1603
reciprocation1656
intercommunion1817
interaction1832
interplay1863
meshing1967
1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 45 The two [series of winds] pass into one another in mutual interplay.
1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 343 That interplay of plot and character which makes Shakespeare more real..than other dramatists.
1885 E. Clodd Myths & Dreams ii. xii. 228 Explanation of the operations of nature was impossible while man had no..knowledge of the interplay of its several parts.
Derivatives
interplay v. (intransitive) to exert mutual influence.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > correlate [verb (intransitive)] > interact
interact1852
interwork1854
interplay1890
interface1967
1890 Amer. Missionary (N.Y.) Dec. 403 Let these two institutions advance together, play and interplay upon and within each other.
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