friction
Definition of friction:
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part of speech: noun
The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of another; attrition; as, many bodies by friction emit light, and friction generates or evolves heat: in mech. the effect of rubbing, or the resistance which a moving body meets with from the surface on which it moves. Friction arises from the roughness of the surface of the body moved on and that of the moving body. No such thing can be found as perfect smoothness of surface in bodies. In every case there is, to a less or greater extent, a roughness or unevenness of the parts of the surface, arising from peculiar texture, porosity, and other causes, and therefore when two surfaces come together the prominent parts of the one fall into the cavities of the other. This tends to prevent or retard motion, for in dragging the one body over the other an exertion must be used to lift the prominences over the parts which oppose them.
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part of speech: noun
The act of rubbing; the resistance producing by the rubbing of bodies against each other; attrition.
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Common misspellings:
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- fricton (33.3%)
- friciton (33.3%)
- frictioning (33.3%)
Usage examples for friction:
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You would not in your business suffer a daily loss thru unnecessary friction thru the unsatisfactory working of your machinery.
"On the Firing Line in Education" – Adoniram Judson Ladd -
There are all the ordinary cares and duties and avocations and fortunes of our daily life, which, indeed, may be so hallowed in their motives and in their activities, as that they may be turned into helps instead of hindrances, but which require a great deal of diligence and effort in order that they should not work like grains of dust that come between the parts of some nicely- fitting engine, and so cause friction and disaster.
"Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V)" – Alexander Maclaren -
And our primary objective was to make friendly contact with the beings of this planet, without friction if it could be done.
"Stamped Caution" – Raymond Zinke Gallun
