friction
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
Etymology: From Middle French friction and directly from Latin frictionem, nom. frictio (“a rubbing, rubbing down”).
Inflected forms:
form: frictions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The rubbing of one object or surface against another.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.
gloss: A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: 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.
gloss: Massage of the body to restore circulation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
usually
examples: The frictions should at first be very gentle, and performed with a view to restore heat, and not to force the blood towards the heart, which in drowned persons is already too much distended with it.
The frictions are made at bedtime, on a limited portion of the body, and on one side only—the calf of the leg by preference, or the thigh, groin, or axilla. It is enough to continue rubbing for from three to five minutes at most.
gloss: Conflict, as between persons having dissimilar ideas or interests; clash.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
uncountable
usually
examples: Thais have been watching for signs of friction between the armed forces and the monarchy—the country's two biggest sources of political power—since the death in October of Bhumibol Adulyadej, King Vajiralongkorn's long-reigning father.
Once finances are stabilised, getting Crossrail finished is Byford's most obvious task. Late and over budget, it is causing unwanted headlines and friction between the London Mayor and the Department for Transport that both sides would rather live without.
gloss: (Second Sino-Japanese War) Conflict, as between the Communists and non-Hanjian Kuomintang forces.
pos: noun
tags: China
historical
uncountable
usually
Related words: affricate
dentifrice
fray
fricative
frictional
frictious
frictive
tribology
lubrication
Derived words: antifriction
coefficient of friction
Darcy friction factor
dynamic friction
frictional
frictionally
friction burn
friction clutch
friction drum
friction hitch
frictionize
frictionless
friction match
friction pile
frictionproof
friction tape
iliotibial band friction syndrome
interfriction
nanofriction
nonfriction
static friction
sticktion
stiction
underfriction
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: տարաձայնություն
roman: tarajaynutʻyun
lang: Armenian
word: բախում
roman: baxum
lang: Armenian
word: վեճ
roman: več
lang: Bulgarian
word: търкане
roman: tǎrkane
lang: Bulgarian
word: разногласие
roman: raznoglasie
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 摩擦
roman: mócā
lang: Dutch
word: wrijving
lang: Dutch
word: frictie
lang: Dutch
word: onenigheid
lang: Dutch
word: geschil
lang: Dutch
word: conflict
lang: Finnish
word: erimielisyys
lang: Finnish
word: konflikti
lang: Finnish
word: kitka
lang: French
word: désaccord
lang: Galician
word: fricción
lang: Georgian
word: ჭიდილი
roman: č̣idili
lang: Georgian
word: უთანხმოება
roman: utanxmoeba
lang: Georgian
word: კონფლიქტი
roman: ḳonplikṭi
lang: German
word: Reiberei
lang: German
word: Friktion
lang: Greek
word: προστριβές
roman: prostrivés
lang: Hindi
word: संघर्ष
roman: saṅgharṣ
lang: Icelandic
word: núningur
lang: Indonesian
word: friksi
lang: Indonesian
word: gesekan
lang: Italian
word: attrito
lang: Italian
word: dissenso
lang: Italian
word: contrasto
lang: Italian
word: divergenza
lang: Japanese
word: 不和
roman: fuwa
lang: Malay
word: pergeseran
lang: Malay
word: perselisihan
lang: Portuguese
word: atrito
lang: Romanian
word: dezacord
lang: Romanian
word: neînțelegere
lang: Romanian
word: divergență
lang: Russian
word: тре́ния
roman: trénija
lang: Russian
word: разногла́сия
roman: raznoglásija
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: eas-aonta
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: trénje
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: frìkcija
lang: Swahili
word: mapigano
lang: Swahili
word: ugomvi
lang: Swedish
word: friktion
lang: Tamil
word: உரசல்
roman: uracal
lang: Telugu
word: ఘర్షణ
roman: gharṣaṇa
lang: Turkish
word: sürtüşme
lang: Ukrainian
word: тертя́
roman: tertjá