1) friction. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...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...
2) friction. Roget s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.
...A state of disagreement and disharmony: clash, conflict, confrontation, contention, difference, difficulty, disaccord, discord, discordance, dissension, dissent,...
3) coefficient of friction. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English
Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Inflected forms: pl. coefficients of friction The ratio of the force that maintains contact between an object and a surface and the frictional force that resists...
4) friction. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact. Latin frictio, friction-, from frictus, past participle of fricre, to rub.frictionˇal -ADJECTIVEfrictionˇal...
5) friction drive. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...transmission system in which motion is transmitted from one part to another by the surface friction of rolling contact....
6) friction clutch. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A mechanical clutch that transmits torque through surface friction between the faces of the clutch....
7) friction. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...friction The resistance of an object to the medium through which or on which it is traveling, such as air, water, or a solid floor. 1...
8) friction match. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A match that ignites when struck on an abrasive surface....
9) 331. Friction. Mawson, C.O. Sylvester. 1922. Roget s International
Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
... NOUN: FRICTION, attrition; rubbing &c. v.; attriteness, attritus, erasure; confrication [obs.], contrition [obs.]; affriction [obs.], abrasion, arrosion [obs.],...
10) friction tape. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A sturdy, moisture-resistant adhesive tape, usually made of cloth, used chiefly to insulate electrical conductors....
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