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frictionizing

frictionizing is the present participle and gerund of frictionize.

Meaning of frictionize

Verb

frictionize (third-person singular simple present frictionizes, present participle frictionizing, simple past and past participle frictionized)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To apply friction to.
    • Then to one grain of this compound add ninety nine grains more of sugar of milk, frictionize as before, and we get the second potency or attenuation, and so on, until the eleventh potency is reached, […]1893, The American Monthly Magazine, volume 3, page 219

Questions about frictionizing

What is frictionizing the present participle and gerund of?
Frictionizing is the present participle and gerund of frictionize.

Words near frictionizing in the dictionary

  1. frictionite
  2. frictionites
  3. frictionize
  4. frictionized
  5. frictionizes
  6. frictionizing
  7. frictionless
  8. frictionlessly
  9. frictionlessness
  10. frictionproof
  11. frictions

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