Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to or of the nature of friction; moved or effected by friction; produced by friction: as, frictional electricity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Relating to friction; moved by friction; produced by friction.
- adjective wheels which transmit motion by surface friction instead of teeth. The faces are sometimes made more or less V-shaped to increase or decrease friction, as required.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Relating to, or caused by,
friction .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective pertaining to or worked or produced by friction
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Examples
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British electricity is that high-grade useless long-sparking stuff you get by turning round a glass machine; stuff we used to call frictional electricity.
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The electricity thus produced is termed frictional electricity.
The Story of Electricity John Munro 1889
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But these two categories of 'frictional' unemployment and 'voluntary' unemployment are comprehensive.
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Furthermore, it will be convenient to exclude 'frictional' unemployment from our definition of 'involuntary' unemployment.
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Yet it is my deep conviction that it can be resolved; in fact, I believe it is the very virtue of a federal system that it has the potential, the flexibility, to provide a lasting solution to that kind of frictional problem.
Quebec as It Is 1977
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It is supported on two broad flat wheels, and is driven by two horizontal gripping wheels; the connection of these with the motor is made by a new kind of frictional gear which I have called nest gear, but which I cannot describe to-day.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883 Various
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The liquidation of unsound businesses, the "idle capacity" of the malinvested plant, and the "frictional" unemployment of original factors that must suddenly and en masse shift to lower stages of production - these are the chief hallmarks of the depression stage.
LewRockwell.com 2009
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This postulate is compatible with what may be called 'frictional' unemployment.
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(a) An improvement in organisation or in foresight which diminishes 'frictional' unemployment;
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'frictional' unemployment, the postulate is also compatible with
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