Look up: Friction

1. friction
   In physics, the force that opposes the movement of two bodies in contact as they move relative to each other. The coefficient of friction is the ratio of the force required to achieve this relative motion to the force pressing the two bodies together. Two materials with rough surfaces rubbing togeth...
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2. friction
   [n] - the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another 2. [n] - effort expended in rubbing one object against another
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3. Friction
   A force that tries to slow things down when two things rub against each other.
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4. Friction
   Friction is a force which tends to make moving objects slow down. Friction also prevents objects from slipping over one another - so for example, friction helps keep your backside on a seat and it allows people to stand upright without their feet slipping out from under them. Friction due to fluid flow is called drag
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5. Friction
   Resistance between one object and another, e.g., a rough surface provides friction for any object moving along it.
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6. friction
   resistance to movement created when two surfaces are in contact. When friction is present, movement between the surfaces produces heat.
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7. Friction
   The resistance to motion which is called into play when it is attempted to slide one surface over another, with which it is in contact. The frictional force opposing the motion is equal to the moving force up to a value known as the limiting friction. Any increase in the moving force will then cause...
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8. Friction
   Mechanical resistance to the relative movement of two surfaces. There are two main types of friction; STATIC FRICTION and DYNAMIC FRICTION. Typically static friction is greater than dynamic friction.
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9. friction
   (Learning Modules / Geography / Geography of energy) The resistance to motion when once surface moves against another.
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10. friction
    Friction is a resisting force between two surfaces rubbing against each other.
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11. friction
    The interaction between surfaces: a measure of the resistance felt when sliding one body over another
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12. friction
    mechanical resistive force offered by one medium or body to the relative motion of another medium or body in contact with the first(BTM) Category: Physics • a resistance to motion caused by contact with a surface Category: Mechanical engineering • the resistive forces resulti...
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13. Friction
    Fric'tion noun [ Latin frictio , from fricare , frictum ,to rub: confer French friction . See Fray to rub, arid confer Dentifrice .] 1. The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of anothe...
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14. friction
    Surface resistance to the relative motion of one body against the rubbing, sliding, rolling, or flowing of another with which it is in contact. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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15. friction
    detrition noun effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure
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16. friction
    (frik´shәn) the act of rubbing.
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17. friction
    force that resists the sliding or rolling of one solid object over another. Frictional forces, such as the traction needed to walk without slipping, ... [14 related articles]
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18. friction
    friction 1. The rubbing of one body (or thing) against another; attrition. 2. The resistance which any body meets with in moving over another body. 3. The rubbing of two objects against each other when one or both are moving. 4. In physics, the resistance encountered by an object moving relative to ...
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19. Friction
    Resistance between the contact surfaces of two bodies in motion.
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20. friction
    
    • a state of conflict between persons
    • the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another
    • effort expended in rubbing one object against another
    
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21. FRICTION
    In meteorology, it is the turbulent resistance of the earth on the atmosphere. Considered as the resistance of fluids (air and water) to the relative motion of a solid body. The amount is dependent on the size and shape of the body.
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22. Friction
    resistance to motion due to contacting surfaces.
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23. friction
    friction, resistance offered to the movement of one body past another body with which it is in contact. In certain situations friction is desired. Without friction the wheels of a locomotive could not “grip” the rails nor could power be transmitted by belts. On the other hand, in the mov...
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24. Friction
    In physics, friction is 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 bodie...
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25. friction
    Type: Term Pronunciation: frik′shŭn Definitions: 1. The act of rubbing the surface of an object against that of another. 2. The force required for relative motion of two bodies that are in contact.
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