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How to pronounce “friction”
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Pronunciation guide for friction
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of friction with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Loran Nordgren
It's been optimized to reduce the principal friction
- Definition summary
- The rubbing of one object or surface against another.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce friction
Loran Nordgren

It's been optimized to reduce the principal friction
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “friction”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- The rubbing of one object or surface against another.
- (physics) A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact.
- (medicine, obsolete, countable) Massage of the body to restore circulation.
- (figuratively) Conflict, as between persons having dissimilar ideas or interests; clash.
- (China, historical) (Second Sino-Japanese War) Conflict, as between the Communists and non-Hanjian Kuomintang forces.
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