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frication

American  
[fri-key-shuhn] / frɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

Phonetics.
  1. an audible, constrained rush of air accompanying and characteristic of fricatives.


Etymology

Origin of frication

1525–35; < Latin fricātiōn- (stem of fricātiō ), equivalent to fricāt ( us ) rubbed (past participle of fricāre; see friction) + -iōn- -ion

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