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HSK
to act on; to affect / action; function; activity / impact; result; effect / purpose; intent / (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用, inhibition
HSK 2
side effect
HSK 7-9
photosynthesis
a perception that doesn't reflect reality / a notion based on an erroneous belief
decomposition
sedimentation (geology)
weathering (of rocks) / erosion (by wind etc)
to have an effect / to play a role / to be operative / to work / to function
to interact / interaction / interplay
synergy / cooperative interaction
photochemical effect / photosynthesis / photolysis
catabolism (biology) / metabolic breaking down and waste disposal / dissimilation
erosion
catalysis
opposite reaction
phagocytosis (ingesting and destroying foreign matter)
polymerization
reflex / reflection
transpiration
action at a distance (e.g. gravitational force)
assimilation / anabolism (biology) / constructive metabolism (using energy to make proteins etc)
mass wasting (geology) / slope movement
(physics) weak interaction
weak interaction (in particle physics) / weak force
strong interaction (governing hadrons in nuclear physics)
strong interaction (in particle physics) / strong force
inhibition
effective / to have impact
nuclear interaction
dissolving / erosion by groundwater / corrosion
alkylation
catalysis
metamorphism (geology)
chemotaxis (movement of leukocytes under chemical stimulus)
orogeny (geology)
zymolysis
electromagnetic interaction (between particles) / electromagnetic force (physics)


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