Words and phrases that have a meaning related to friction: (216 results)
Often used in the same context:
tension, discord, rift, antagonism, animosity, dissension, spats, acrimony, disharmony, strife, disagreements, rancor, quarrels, hostility, consternation, irritation, resentment, schism, frostiness, instability, misunderstandings, mistrust, angst, unhappiness, awkwardness, polarization, distrust, tiff, confusion, disquiet, disunity, estrangement, fissures, disputes, frictional, unease, misalignment, enmity, ructions, conflicts, dissonance, discomfort, confrontations, stiction, bickering, disaffection, uneasiness, feuding, discontent, unpleasantness, brittleness, anxiety, flap, irritant, turbulence, infighting, controversy, squabbles, overinflation, cogging, furor, uproar, splits, backlash, ruckus, dustup, imbalance, looseness, pressure, interaction, contentiousness, contretemps, nervousness, bedevilment, grumbling, slippage, antipathy, chafing, bitterness, lubrication, dissatisfaction, entanglement, jealousies, stress, chumminess, disgruntlement, tenseness, uncertainty, gravitational interaction, unbalance, differences, touchiness, delamination, wrangles, closeness, incompatibility, inertia, miscommunication, fraying, asperities, kerfuffle, anger, frictions, rubbing, frustration, aggravation, annoyance, dissipation, provocation, abrasion, suction, attrition, distraction, embarrassment, evaporation, frustrations, hydrostatic, hysteretic, viscous, absorption, damping, dissipative, expansion, diffusive, hardening, dielectric, dispersion, force, hydrodynamic, impedance, loss, ohmic, resistive, aerodynamic
More specific:
adhesive friction, detrition, grinding, grip, traction
Appears in the definition of:
., abrasion, adhesive friction, attrited, attrition, babbitt, babbitt metal, benjamin thompson, brake pads, burned-out, burnt-out, bushing, callosity, callus, chafe, chafing, chafing gear, cone clutch, cone friction clutch, corrasion, count rumford, cylindrical lining, decrepit, detrition, disc brake, disk brake, disk clutch, drum brake, drum brakes, erosive, fray, fret, frictional, frictionless, friction clutch, friction match, fusee, fuzee, greased, grinding, grip, kitchen match, lubricant, lubricated, lubricating substance, lubricator, lucifer, maglev, magnetic levitation, magnetic needle, match, meteor, perpetual motion, rope burn, rub, scratch, shooting star, slip clutch, slip friction clutch, spark, static electricity, surface noise, thompson, traction, tribology, unburnished, wear away, wear off, windage
More general:
conflict, effort, elbow grease, exertion, resistance, sweat, travail
Synonyms:
Also try:clash
— Nouns for friction: bearings, coefficient, arthroplasty, drag, metal, rollers, sounds, wheels, loss, metals, bearing, more...
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