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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun friction has 3 senses
- friction(n = noun.state) clash - a state of conflict between persons; is a kind of conflict
- friction(n = noun.phenomenon) rubbing - the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another; has particulars: abrasion, attrition, detrition, grinding, adhesive friction, grip, traction
- friction(n = noun.act) detrition, rubbing - effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure; has particulars: attrition
is a kind of resistance
Derived form adjective frictional1
is a kind of effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat, travail
Derived form adjective frictional1
CIDE DICTIONARY
friction, n. [L. frictio, fr. fricare, frictum,to rub: cf. F. friction. See Fray to rub, arid cf. Dentifrice.].
- The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the body with the hand, with flannel, or with a brush etc., to excite the skin to healthy action. [1913 Webster]
- The resistance which a body meets with from the surface on which it moves. It may be resistance to sliding motion, or to rolling motion. [1913 Webster]
- A clashing between two persons or parties in opinions or work; a disagreement tending to prevent or retard progress. [1913 Webster]"This angle varies for different bodies, and for planes of different materials." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
friction, n.
1 the action of one object rubbing against another.
2 the resistance an object encounters in moving over another.
3 a clash of wills, temperaments, or opinions; mutual animosity arising from disagreement.
4 (in comb.) of devices that transmit motion by frictional contact (friction-clutch; friction-disc).
1 the action of one object rubbing against another.
2 the resistance an object encounters in moving over another.
3 a clash of wills, temperaments, or opinions; mutual animosity arising from disagreement.
4 (in comb.) of devices that transmit motion by frictional contact (friction-clutch; friction-disc).
Idiom
friction-ball a ball used in bearings to lessen friction.
Derivative
frictional adj. frictionless adj.
Etymology
F f. L frictio -onis f. fricare frict- rub
THESAURUS
friction
Discordia, Eris, 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, disharmony, dispute, dissension, dissent, enmity, 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, wranglingROGET THESAURUS
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Counteraction
N counteraction, opposition, contrariety, antagonism, polarity, clashing, collision, interference, inhibition, resistance, renitency, friction, reaction, retroaction, counterblast, neutralization, vis inertiae, check, voluntary opposition &c, voluntary resistance, repression, opposites, action and reaction, yang and yin, yang-yin (contrariety), counteracting, antagonistic, conflicting, retroactive, renitent, reactionary, contrary, although, in spite of, against, for every action there is a reaction, equal in force and opposite in direction.Friction
N friction, attrition, rubbing, abrasion, scraping, confrication, detrition, contrition, affriction, abrasion, arrosion, limature, frication, rub, elbow grease, rosin, massage, roughness, rolling friction, sliding friction, starting friction, anatriptic, attrite.
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