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synonyms for friction
- agitation
- erosion
- irritation
- resistance
- abrasion
- attrition
- chafing
- filing
- grating
- grinding
- massage
- rasping
- scraping
- soreness
- traction
- fretting
- trituration
- wearing away
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The benefits for advertisers who reduce friction in the consumer journey are numerous, and they include the following outcomes.
The race to frictionless consumer journeys is expanding beyond marketplaces | acuityads | September 10, 2020 | DigidayGovernments are also reducing the frictions, fees, and charges that bog down the system.
There is only pressure and friction on the surface of the wing—also on the rest of the aircraft, but for the purposes of thinking about gliding, it’s enough to consider only the wing.
The science behind how an aircraft glides | By Peter Garrison/Flying Mag | September 3, 2020 | Popular-Science
Using a computer model, the team then calculated the friction each pattern would produce on ice, vinyl or hardwood floors.
Shape-shifting cuts give shoes a better grip | Carolyn Wilke | July 14, 2020 | Science News For StudentsThat reduces friction and lets the molecules slide past each other more easily.
Astronauts may be able to make cement with their own pee | Lisa Grossman | June 16, 2020 | Science News For StudentsHigher shipping costs mean additional friction for companies working in the Canadian oil sands.
But as Garfield on television gained in popularity, the Peanuts connection became a source of friction.
Garfield Television: The Cat Who Saved Primetime Cartoons | Rich Goldstein | November 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe friction between Israelis and Palestinians is more than 60 years old, with the UN in the middle.
Due to heavy friction with the producers, the project fell through.
‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Filmmaker James Gunn on His Glorious Space Opera and Rise to the A-List | Marlow Stern | August 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe media is going to want a horse race, and it is going to create friction between the base and her record.
Can This Ornery Socialist Spoil the Clinton Coronation? | David Freedlander | July 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe controlling leaders being out of gear the machine did not run smoothly: there was nothing but friction and tension.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonThere were usually six joints or sources of friction, between the key and the pallet.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerThis, of course, increased the friction and necessitated the use of a still stronger spring.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerThis of itself, without the friction, or load of water, is far more duty than ever was done before by an engine.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickMeanwhile great friction arose between the general and his new commander-in-chief.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
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