Friction, sb. [a. F. friction, ad. L. friction-em, n. of action from fricare, to rub.]
1. The action of chafing or rubbing (the body or limbs). (Formerly much used in medical treatment.)
2. The rubbing of one body against another; attrition.
3. Physics and Mech. The resistance which one body meets in moving over another body.
4 fig.; esp. of the jarring or conflict of unlike opinions, temperaments, etc.
Friction, v.
Frictionable, ad. rare.
Frictional, a.
Frictionary, a. nonce-wd. = prec.
Frictionize, v.
Frictionless, a.