friction

IPA: frˈɪkʃʌn

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.

Examples of "friction" in Sentences

It reduces the frictional losses.
Is the force required to slide them frictional
That aside, the example of friction is a good one.
The friction is coming from within your own party.
The final lustre is given by friction with flannel.
The frictional pressure may be applied by the ribbon.
The friction is created by the drum against the paper.
But already, the possibility for friction is emerging.
The proteins' progress will be slowed by frictional forces.
Lubricity is the measure of the reduction in friction of a lubricant.
These velocity plateaus correspond to the peaks in the frictional force.
Friction between the tire and the ground provides the centripital force.
The friction is likely to get rougher if many major economies remain anemic, as projected.
And the sole beneficiary of this friction is a load of useless middlemen who extract their money long before it ever gets to the actual creators.
INSKEEP: What kind of frustration or friction is there between some of these different groups of African-Americans you described - those who are becoming more successful and those who are being left behind?
Von Clauswitz's "friction" is the accumulation of little things going wrong so that nothing in war turns out as expected, and no situation is as stark or simple as it might appear just looking at the maps and the numbers.