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sliding friction

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noun

  1. engineering frictional resistance to relative movement of surfaces on loaded contact Compare rolling friction

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Researchers at the University of Konstanz have identified a completely new type of sliding friction.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

Tribometer, trī-bom′e-tėr, n. a sled-like apparatus for measuring sliding friction.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

The carriages are rendered very movable by substituting rolling for a sliding friction of the axes.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 by Various

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