friction

How To Use friction In A Sentence

• The aerobrake - a huge, convex disc underneath the spacecraft - was producing friction with the Martian atmosphere.
• Teenage children begin to assert their independence and this can lead to a good deal of friction in the family.
• Teenage children begin to assert their independence and this can lead to a good deal of friction in the family.
• Traditionally, the resistive force established for such a test is determined from total body mass for a friction loaded Monark cycle ergometer ie 75 g.kg-1.
• The friction is likely to get rougher if many major economies remain anemic, as projected. China Criticizes U.S. For Protectionism
• Neither the normal stress nor the frictional shear stress acting on the cone tip surface is uniformly distributed.
• Torque transfer is a function of the internal gearing, which generates frictional resistance to differentiation through the axial and radial thrust forces of the gears in the differential.
• Without the proper equipment, a worker risks injuries such as abrasions, or friction burns.
• Richard Kraft: Something With Birds In It | A site-specific installation composed of four elements, Something With Birds In It invokes the friction and fluidity between familiar polarities--between the sacred and profane, sense and nonsense, play and violence, reflection and action. Bill Bush: Seeing Red: This Artweek.LA (October 24-30, 2011)
• Google Inc is lifting restrictions on the use of trademarked terms in its U.S. online advertising system, a move that could increase friction between the Internet giant and brand owners. P2pnet World Headlines – May 19, 2009