stiction
/ˈstɪk.ʃən/
stiction noun: the static friction that needs to be overcome to enable relative motion of stationary objects in contact.
Noun
stiction (countable and uncountable, plural stictions)
Forms of stiction
| plural | stictions |
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Origin of stiction
Blend of static + friction (see static friction).
Words formed from stiction
Words that rhyme with stiction
- friction
- astriction
- jurisdiction
- addiction
- benediction
- contradiction
- conviction
- depiction
- valediction
- constriction
- dereliction
- fan fiction
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- fiction
- indiction
- restriction
- affliction
- diction
- emiction
- eviction
- faan fiction
- infriction
- malediction
- prediction
- science fiction
- striction
- abstriction
- affixion
- condiction
- confliction
- effiction
- infixion
- miction
- pilimiction
- postdiction
- preconstriction
- prefixion
- reliction
- renoviction
- retrodiction
- scientifiction
- suffixion
- transfixion
Questions about stiction
- What does stiction mean?
- Stiction means the static friction that needs to be overcome to enable relative motion of stationary objects in contact.
- What part of speech is stiction?
- Stiction is a noun.
- How do you pronounce stiction?
- Stiction is pronounced /ˈstɪk.ʃən/.
- What is the plural of stiction?
- The plural of stiction is stictions.
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