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Definition of Coefficient of friction
1. Noun. The ratio of the weight of an object being moved along a surface and the force that maintains contact between the object and the surface.
Definition of Coefficient of friction
1. Noun. (physics) the ratio of the weight of an object being moved along a surface and the force that maintains contact between the object and the surface ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Coefficient Of Friction
Literary usage of Coefficient of friction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"However, by taking variable values for the coefficient of friction, ... Weisbach,
giving attention chiefly to the variation of the coefficient of friction ..."
2. Analytical Mechanics for Engineers by Fred B. Seely, Newton Edward Ensign (1921)
"Coefficient of Friction.—In order to compare the frictional resisting properties
of various pairs of materials or of the same pair of materials under ..."
3. The Elements of Physics: A College Text-book by Edward Leamington Nichols, William Suddards Franklin (1898)
"(79) The proportionality factor fi is called the coefficient of friction ; it is
... The coefficient of friction is ordinarily small for a soft metal, ..."
4. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1891)
"The piston ring friction is computed on the assumption of 10 lbs. pressure under
the rings and 2% coefficient of friction. This pressure is known as nearly ..."
5. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1878)
"Him, who used very light pressures and moderate velocities, announced, as the
result of his experiments, that the coefficient of friction increased with ..."
6. Mechanics by Lewis Raymond Smith (1922)
"What is meant by the coefficient of friction? Describe a method of determining it.
6. State four laws for friction between solids; four laws for fluid ..."
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