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nouna state of conflict between persons
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nouneffort expended in moving one object over another with pressuretype of:
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nounthe resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another
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Definition that contains friction
- match lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction
- scratch cause friction
- rub cause friction
- grip the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)
- liquid a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r')
- spark a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction
- thompson English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814)
- meteor a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode
- lucifer lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction
- grinding the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice