Definition of Frictions

1. Noun. (plural of friction) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Frictions

1. friction [n] - See also: friction

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frictions

friction clutch
friction hitch
friction match
friction murmur
friction rub
friction sound
friction tape
frictional
frictional-unemployment
frictional attachment
frictional blight
frictional unemployment
frictionally
frictionless
frictionlessly
frictions
frictious
frictive
frictives
fridge
fridge-freezer
fridge-freezers
fridge freezer
fridge freezers
fridge magnet
fridge magnets
fridged
fridgeful
fridgefuls
fridgeless

Literary usage of Frictions

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On disorders of digestion, their consequences and treatment by Thomas Lauder Brunton (1886)
"Frictions.—On distingue les frictions en frictions sèches et en ... Les frictions humides s'exécutent au moyen d'une brosse en flanelle ou d'un tampon en un ..."

2. On the wasting diseases of infants and children by Eustace Smith (1884)
"Frictions can be employed with the hand alone, with stimulating liniments, ... The frictions should be used to the whole body if there is no tenderness. ..."

3. Physical Diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1919)
"Joint Frictions and Tendon Frictions. FT Lord has called attention to ... Since these frictions can be felt as well as heard they are mentioned here. ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1832)
"... of New Jersey, in relation to the external treatment of collapsed cases of cholera, by the use of frictions of mercurial ointment, camphor and capsicum. ..."

5. NATO's Future: Toward a New Transatlantic Bargain by Stanley R. Sloan (1995)
"... FINANCIAL Frictions AND THE ALLIANCE The American poet Carl Sandburg once wrote, "Money is like manure- good only when spread around. ..."

6. The Works of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon (1824)
"The cause is, for that in frictions the inward parts are at rest; which in exercise are beaten, many times, too much : and for the same reason, ..."

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