About The Word Friction

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Friction

Friction Meaning & Definition
Friction Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Friction?

[n] effort expended in rubbing one object against another
[n] the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another
[n] a state of conflict between persons

Synonyms | Synonyms for Friction: clash | detrition | rubbing | rubbing

Related Terms | Find terms related to Friction: abrading | abrasion | animosity | antagonism | antipathy | argument | attrition | backlash | bad blood | belligerence | bickering | caressing | chafing | clash | clashing | collision | competition | conflict | confutation | contention | contradiction | contraposition | contrariety | contrariness | controversy | counteraction | counterposition | counterworking | crankiness | cross-purposes | crotchetiness | despitefulness | disaccord | disaffinity | disagreement | discord | discordance | discordancy | Discordia | disharmony | dispute | dissension | dissent | enmity | Eris | erosion | feeling | fingering | fractiousness | fretting | fricative | frictional | frottage | grating | handling | hate | hatred | hostility | ill feeling | ill will | incompatibility | incompatibleness | inharmoniousness | inharmony | inimicalness | interference | jangle | jar | kick | malevolence | malice | malignity | manipulation | mischief | negativeness | nonconformity | noncooperation | obstinacy | open conflict | opposition | opposure | oppugnance | oppugnancy | palpation | perverseness | petting | pressure | quarrelsomeness | reaction | recalcitrance | recoil | refractoriness | renitency | repercussion | repugnance | resistance | revolt | rivalry | rub | rubbing | scraping | spite | spitefulness | strained relations | strife | stroking | swimming upstream | tension | touching | uncooperativeness | unharmoniousness | unpleasantness | vying | wrangling

See Also | abrasion | adhesive friction | attrition | attrition | conflict | detrition | effort | elbow grease | exertion | grinding | grip | resistance | sweat | traction | travail

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