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friction

force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other
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friction

Summary

friction has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • friction is a type of surface force[2].
  • friction is a type of contact force[3].
  • friction is a type of nonconservative force[4].
  • friction is a type of resistance force[5].
  • friction's Commons category is recorded as Friction[6].
  • friction's has cause is recorded as strain rate tensor[7].
  • friction's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Friction[8].
  • friction's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
  • friction's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • friction's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/friction[11].
  • friction's has effect is recorded as heating[12].
  • friction's has effect is recorded as dissipation[13].
  • friction's has characteristic is recorded as coefficient of friction[14].
  • friction's different from is recorded as Tarcie[15].
  • friction's studied by is recorded as tribology[16].
  • friction's union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers[17].
  • friction's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18].
  • friction's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[19].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include surface force[2], contact force[3], nonconservative force[4], and resistance force[5].

Why It Matters

friction has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] friction is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

cognitive friction Geoffrey Chaucer tribology

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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