Friction
['frɪkʃ(ə)n] or ['frɪkʃən]
Definition
(noun.) effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure.
(noun.) the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another.
Editor: Solomon--From WordNet
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Attrition, abrasion, confrication, rubbing.
Editor: Nell
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Rubbing, grating, attrition, abrasion, contact
ANT:Lubrication, detachment, isolation, noncontact
Checker: Sylvia
Definition
n. the act of rubbing: (statics) a force acting in the tangent plane of two bodies when one slides or rolls upon another and always in a direction opposite to that in which the moving body tends: difficulty unpleasantness.—adjs. Fric′ative produced by friction used of those consonants which are produced by the breath being forced through a narrow opening; Fric′tional relating to moved by or produced by friction.—n. Fric′tion-gear′ing a method of imparting the motion of one wheel or pulley to another by mere contact.—adj. Fric′tionless having no friction.—n.pl. Fric′tion-wheels wheels that lessen friction.
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Examples
- And as she swung her head, her fine mane of hair just swept his face, and all his nerves were on fire, as with a subtle friction of electricity. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- That sort of mutual friction might go on for many generations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To-day the friction match is turned out by automatic machinery by the million, and constitutes probably the most ubiquitous and useful of all the minor inventions. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In 1833 phosphorus friction matches were introduced on a commercial scale by Preschel, of Vienna. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Like considerations would apply to railways, antiseptic surgery, or friction matches. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- When the current was reversed the friction was greatly increased over what it was when no current was passing. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A method of preventing in a great measure friction of water against the hull of a ship and incidentally preventing fouling by barnacles. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- If you want to convince yourself that friction produces heat, rub a cent vigorously against your coat and note that the cent becomes warm. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It was at first supposed that the friction against the pipes would oppose so much resistance to the passage of the gas, that it could not be transmitted to great distances. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- But the pressure of the escape-wheel against the detent, and the consequent friction, prevent the pendulum from acting freely. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- But in the actual stress of life these frictions do not survive ten minutes. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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