Definitions for frictional

frictional fric·tion·al

Spelling: [frik-shuh-nl]
IPA: /ˈfrɪk ʃə nl/

Frictional is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 676 anagrams from letters in frictional (acfiilnort).

Definitions for frictional

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or of the nature of friction.
  2. moved, worked, or produced by friction.

Origin of frictional

First recorded in 1840-50; friction + -al1

Examples for frictional

A wheel that drives by the frictional contact of its surface.

This is accomplished by frictional means to indicate the power, and by the use of weights to determine the lift.

An object lying on the ground has the frictional resistance of the earth to prevent its moving.

There always will be, however, some frictional unemployment.

The flames were arranged so as to form one electrode of a frictional machine.

frictional Electricity is that produced by the friction of one substance against another.

The arc light is the result of frictional not chemical electricity.

In frictional electricity, a series of Leyden jars so arranged as to admit of being charged and discharged together.

frictional electricity is electricity suddenly liberated under the effects of the motion, or the mechanical disturbance of bodies.

He conceived of the air giving a frictional force to an object in motion.

Word Value for frictional
Scrable

15

Words with friends

18

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