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friction
English
Etymology
From Middle French friction and directly from Latin frictionem, nom. frictio (“a rubbing, rubbing down”). Doublet of frisson.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f??k??n?/
- Rhymes: -?k??n
Noun
friction (usually uncountable, plural frictions)
- The rubbing of one object or surface against another.
- (physics) A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact.
- 1839, Denison Olmsted, A Compendium of Astronomy Page 95
- Secondly, When a body is once in motion it will continue to move forever, unless something stops it. When a ball is struck on the surface of the earth, the friction of the earth and the resistance of the air soon stop its motion.
- 1839, Denison Olmsted, A Compendium of Astronomy Page 95
- (medicine, obsolete, countable) Massage of the body to restore circulation.
- (figuratively) Conflict, as between persons having dissimilar ideas or interests; clash.
- (China, historical) (Second Sino-Japanese War) Conflict, as between the Communists and non-Hanjian Kuomintang forces.
Derived terms
Related terms
- frictive
- frictional
- frictious
- fray
- fricative
- affricate
- dentifrice
Translations
See also
- tribology
- lubrication
French
Etymology
From Latin frictionem, nom. frictio (“a rubbing, rubbing down”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?ik.sj??/
Noun
friction f (plural frictions)
- friction: the rubbing, the conflict or the physics force.
Further reading
- “friction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Noun
friction (uncountable)
- friction
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stiction
English
Etymology
Blend of static +? friction
Noun
stiction (countable and uncountable, plural stictions)
- (physics) The static friction that needs to be overcome to enable relative motion of stationary objects in contact
Translations
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