sliding friction

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engineering frictional resistance to relative movement of surfaces on loaded contactCompare rolling friction

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Words nearby sliding friction

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How to use sliding friction in a sentence

The carriages are rendered very movable by substituting rolling for a sliding friction of the axes.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885|Various
Rolling friction is frequently substituted for sliding friction by the use of ball and roller bearings.
Physics|Willis Eugene Tower
Tribometer, trī-bom′e-tėr, n. a sled-like apparatus for measuring sliding friction.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
Sliding Friction is Proportional to Pressure according to the third law quoted above.
Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology|William T. Lewis