coaction
noun
co·ac·tion
ˌkō-ˈak-shən 
variants
or co-action
plural coactions or co-actions
: joint or concurrent action
To be sure, in a prophetic paper the British mathematician Yule (1902: 234-235) had suggested that continuous variation might be due to the coaction of multiple factors.—
Ernst Mayer
Ernst MayerDictionary Entries Near coaction
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“Coaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coaction. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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