friction

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a state of conflict between persons
  2. noun the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another
  3. noun effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure

Etymology

From Middle French friction and directly from Latin frictionem, nom. frictio (“a rubbing, rubbing down”).

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Synonyms

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