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- noun physics The
static friction that needs to be overcome to enablerelative motion of stationary objects incontact
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Examples
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This method was designed to avoid "stiction" - which was observed on previous deployments, most notably with the
NASASpaceFlight.com 2009
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Measuring stiction is a great way to determine when your quad’s bearings need to be replaced or serviced.
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O'BRIEN: Yes Heidi and we will tell you about this word stiction in just a moment.
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To avoid this phenomenon, known as stiction, the astronauts will deploy them in stages, giving each wing ample time to warm up.
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This adhesion factor — he also called it " stiction " — is why shots from the rough don ' t spin as much as shots from the fairway.
How to Get to Spin Central Jeff Neuman 2010
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The astronauts successfully extended S6 segment's channel 1B solar wing earlier today and despite concerns about past problems with blanket slats sticking together due to a phenomenon known as "stiction," there were no problems of any significance.
Spaceflight Now 2009
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This 'Casimir-Lifshitz' force can cause static friction or 'stiction' in nanomachines, which must be strongly reduced.
Next Big Future 2009
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This 'Casimir-Lifshitz' force can cause static friction or 'stiction' in nanomachines, which must be strongly reduced.
Next Big Future 2009
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The astronauts successfully extended S6 segment's channel 1B solar wing earlier today and despite concerns about past problems with blanket slats sticking together due to a phenomenon known as "stiction," there were no problems of any significance.
Spaceflight Now 2009
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With all crew watching for any problems from various windows and via several camera views, the arrays were deployed by the book on the strength of engineering procedures refined after problems with deploy and retraction occurred on previous arrays due to a phenomenon known as "stiction," which simply means the accordion-like solar cells stick together until warmed properly.
SpaceRef Top Stories 2009
qroqqa commented on the word stiction
Lezec is by no means alone in falling foul of what nanotechnologists call "stiction" – the collective term (derived from "static friction") for a variety of physical forces that operate at the sub-micrometre scale.
—New Scientist, 28 June 2008
July 16, 2008
sionnach commented on the word stiction
must stop ... prions ... replicating ....
aaaarrrrgghh ... dreaded grey goo ......
July 16, 2008