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Mechanical power transmission by friction between components
A friction drive or friction engine is a type of transmission that utilises the static friction of two smooth surfaces (instead of contact pressure of
Friction_drive
Device for spinning thread, yarn, or silk from natural or synthetic fibers
Scotch tension has one drive band connecting the drive wheel to the flyer. The spinning drive wheel turns the flyer and, via friction with the flyer shaft
Spinning_wheel
Type of wheel
itself, it is called an "idler". An idler-wheel may be used as part of a friction drive mechanism. For example, to connect a metal motor shaft to a metal platter
Idler-wheel
Mechanical device that connects and disconnects two rotating shafts or other moving parts
disengaged). A dry clutch uses dry friction to transfer power from the input shaft to the output shaft, for example a friction disk presses against a car engine's
Clutch
Type of motorcycle
steering, all-enclosing bodywork, the feet-forward riding position, and a friction drive transmission, driven by the flywheel of the engine. The low-slung frame
Ner-A-Car
Mechanism used to propel toys
A friction motor is a simple mechanism to propel toy cars, trucks, trains, action figures and similar toys. The motor consists of a large flywheel which
Friction_motor
Automotive transmission technology
solution for use on city e-bikes and by commuters. Constant speed drive Friction drive List of automobiles with continuously variable transmissions Power
Continuously variable transmission
Continuously_variable_transmission
American automotive pioneer (1863–1908)
Carter developed his friction-drive system with parts from a corn sheller. Responding to the problem of other friction-drive cars failing in wet conditions
Byron_Carter
Friction drive car assembled by a British car manufacturer
The Abbey was a short-lived friction drive car assembled by the Abbey Auto Engineering Co. Ltd in Westminster, England. It used a 10.8 hp 1498 cc Coventry-Simplex
Abbey_(automobile)
Type of fan mounted to a ceiling horizontally
Internal belt-drive ceiling fans. These were also similar in design to gear-drive and friction-drive fans; however, instead of a rubber friction wheel or toothed
Ceiling_fan
British car made between 1911 and 1931
using a friction drive system. The prototype was made in a stable in Beckenham, Kent, and used a Coventry-Simplex engine, rear-mounted. The drive system
GWK_(car)
Automotive technology
Drive by wire (DBW) in the automotive industry is the technology that uses electronics or electro-mechanical systems in place of mechanical linkages to
Drive_by_wire
Bicycle with a motor or engine and transmission
four-stroke engine, the first whizzer was of the friction drive variety, but was soon replaced with belt drive. Despite some initial engine reliability issues
Motorized_bicycle
Study of the deformation of bodies in the presence of frictional effects
frictional forces in the tangential direction. Frictional contact mechanics is the study of the deformation of bodies in the presence of frictional effects
Frictional_contact_mechanics
motorcycle engine. The car had a chain drive, while a second prototype had a friction drive. The friction drive consisted of a flat steel disc coupled
Turicum_(automobile)
Force resisting sliding motion
Friction is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding or grinding against each other. Types
Friction
Bicycle friction drive module
Rubbee Drive is a 250W friction drive module which fits most standard bicycles. It enables a bicycle to reach up to 25 km/h speed and travel 40 km, making
Rubbee_Drive
Method of connecting two rotating shafts or pulleys
coefficient of friction, and α {\displaystyle \alpha } is the angle (in radians) subtended by contact surface at the centre of the pulley. Belt drives are simple
Belt_(mechanical)
Engine that powers a motorcycle
some mopeds, such as the VéloSoleX, had friction drive to the front tire, a motorcycle engine normally drives the rear wheel, power being sent to the
Motorcycle_engine
Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer
Cartercar was given a warm reception in the press, largely due to the friction drive transmission, which was a sort of forerunner of the CVT of today, as
Cartercar
Synchronous electric motor powered by an electronic controller
output speed to make the robot more controllable. Other methods, such as friction drive, achieve the same result using slightly different means. Brushless motors
Brushless_DC_electric_motor
Measure of the force amplification achieved by using a tool
kind of rotary leverage is widely used, such as gears, pulleys or friction drives used in a mechanical power transmission scheme. It is common for mechanical
Mechanical_advantage
Motor vehicle
News-Sentinal, 6 December 1957, 5. "Save At Red-D...Lincoln Futura...friction drive (Red-D Auto advertisement). The Record (Stockton CA), 9 November 1956
Lincoln_Futura
American automotive businessman (1861–1947)
how was anyone to know that Carter wasn't to be the thing? It had the friction drive and no other car had it. How could I tell what these engineers would
William_C._Durant
Former US automobile manufacturer
due to a disagreement with his partners, who did not wish to use the friction drive transmission he had developed. After Carter left, Jackson automobiles
Jackson_Automobile_Company
to engage and vary the ratio of the friction drive to the rear wheels. Uniquely, the 'variable ratio' friction drive consisted of a convex steel flywheel
Lafitte_(automobile)
Wheelchair propelled by electric motor
either transmitted to the main wheels via a friction drive system, or delivered directly through an auxiliary drive wheel. Some experimental all-terrain powerchair
Motorized_wheelchair
American equipment company
season. These first units had issues with their drive systems and had to be replaced with a friction drive system, which is still in use today. The recall
Ariens
Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer
was a friction drive, consisting of a flat spinning flywheel mounted on the engine which was set at right angles to a rubber lined steel drive wheel which
LuLu
Motorized bicycle with an integrated electric motor
627,066) depicted an electric bicycle with a rear-wheel friction, "roller-wheel"-style drive. In 1969, Schnepf's invention was expanded by G.A. Wood Jr
Electric_bicycle
powered by J.A.P air-cooled V-twin engines with friction disc transmission and belt drive. The friction drive consisted of a vertical driven disc and a smaller
Crescent_(cyclecar)
Motor vehicle
engine drove the right-hand rear wheel by chain, and a variable-speed friction drive transmission was used, giving two forwards speeds and reverse. A top
Economic_(cyclecar)
Substance introduced to reduce friction between surfaces in mutual contact
lubricant (sometimes shortened to lube) is a substance that helps to reduce friction between surfaces in mutual contact, which ultimately reduces the heat generated
Lubricant
Electromechanical telephone switch
Western Electric 7A Rotary, friction drive (Bird-cage), No. 7001 Line Finder. Note the driven bevel gear on the right-hand side; this type has a steady
Strowger_switch
Builder of small railroad locomotives
mostly with mechanical torque converter transmissions.[citation needed] Friction drive List of locomotive builders Plymouth CR-8 locomotives "Hard to Find
Plymouth_Locomotive_Works
Motor vehicle
engine with a JAP as an alternative. A friction drive transmission was used driving the rear axle via a chain drive. Unusually for the time it had coil spring
Lecoy
Motor vehicle
Kelsey built two prototypes to develop an improved friction-drive transmission. Kelsey's friction-drive differed from earlier examples in that it was enclosed
Kelsey_(automobile_company)
Gear arrangement
The use of a worm drive reduced this effect. Further worm drive development led to recirculating ball bearings to reduce frictional forces, which transmitted
Worm_drive
Former American automobile manufacturer
touring car with shaft drive and a friction-type transmission that Windsor preferred calling a “rolling traction drive." The friction drive was designed by Copeland's
Single_Center
Propulsion system creating motion without propellant
Drive" in a June 1976 retrospective. Foster's patent was especially explicit that later variants could require "external force assist" from friction wheels
Reactionless_drive
German car maker
manufacturers that introduced continuously variable transmission using a friction drive.[citation needed] Le Claire, Gregor (25 February 2009). "Nürnberger
Maurer-Union
Mechanical drive belt
belt used to drive the camshafts within an automobile or motorcycle engine. As toothed belts can deliver more power than a friction-drive belt, they are
Toothed_belt
Filament feeding mechanisms used in some types of 3D printers
long and curved tube, more friction must be overcome compared with direct drive extruders. To partially mitigate these friction forces, the tube is made
Extruder_(3D_printing)
American manufacturing company
little more than a stationary engine on a tractor chassis, fitted with friction drive (one speed forward, one reverse). Between 1911 and 1914, 862 were built
International_Harvester
Electro-mechanical data storage device
cover the holes. The air inside the operating drive is constantly moving too, being swept in motion by friction with the spinning platters. This air passes
Hard_disk_drive
Bearings with pressurized gas for low friction
provide a low friction load-bearing interface between surfaces. The two surfaces do not touch, thus avoiding the problems of friction, wear, particulates
Air_bearing
Coventry-Simplex single-cylinder engine of only 7 hp (5.2 kW), in addition to friction drive. In 1912–1914, yet another engine was employed in their cars — a Chapuis-Dornier
Pilot_Cars_Limited
Coupe utility
dealers was offered both with and without interior trim, windows, and friction drive by AMT/Ertl's predecessor, SMP; resin castings of this model's body
Ford_Ranchero
Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer
him at WMC. The same year, Gaylor introduced a very light model with friction drive, sold as the Orient Buckboard. It seated 2 passengers and sold for just
Waltham_Manufacturing_Company
Solid-state welding process
Friction welding (FWR) is a solid-state welding and bonding process that generates heat through mechanical friction between workpieces in relative motion
Friction_welding
Motor vehicle
(production 1956–1959), Hillman Husky "Mk I", approximately O scale (1:44), friction drive. "Second Hand car guide supplement". Practical Motorist. 6 Nbr 68: between
Hillman_Husky
5, 178, 190. Cars and trucks, built in Cleveland. Clymer, p. 153. Friction-drive, built in Wisconsin. "Petrel". Cycle and automobile trade journal v
List of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States
List_of_defunct_automobile_manufacturers_of_the_United_States
single-seat cyclecar, it ran on an 8 hp JAP or Precision V-twin engine with friction drive and belts to the rear wheels. Burgess-Wise, David (2000). The New Illustrated
Lester_Solus
Motor vehicle
75 hp single-cylinder, two stroke, 270 cc Villiers engine and had a friction drive two-speed transmission, using two cork covered wheels of different sizes
Xtra_(automobile)
Motion of objects in sliding contact
a jagged type of behavior for the friction force as a function of time as illustrated in the static kinetic friction figure. Initially there is relatively
Stick–slip_phenomenon
Brand of motorcycles produced by the Japanese tire manufacturer between 1952 and 1970
above the rear wheel and was inverted. The rear wheel was driven by a friction drive on the tyre. 38 cc BS-31 and 49 cc BS-41 were later added. In 1958 the
Bridgestone_(motorcycle)
Use of a cavitation bubble to reduce skin friction drag on a submerged object
supercavitation is the artificial generation of a cavitation bubble to reduce skin friction drag on a submerged object and enable high-speed travel. Applications include
Supercavitation
Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer
was a friction-drive runabout with a 16-hp twin-cylinder engine. In 1905 it was enlarged to a four-cylinder 22-hp touring car with the friction transmission
Marble-Swift
000 cm³. The distinguishing feature of both models was the use of a friction drive. Few units were produced. Harald Linz, Halwart Schrader: Die Internationale
Certus_Gearless_Company
Screw used as a linkage in a mechanism
effective coefficient of friction may drop to dynamic levels (which are typically lower than static), allowing the screw to back-drive unexpectedly. For this
Leadscrew
Force resisting the motion when a body rolls on a surface
Rolling resistance, sometimes called rolling friction or rolling drag, is the force resisting the motion when a body (such as a ball, tire, or wheel) rolls
Rolling_resistance
Study of the deformation of solids that touch each other
transform reactivity Frictional contact mechanics – Study of the deformation of bodies in the presence of frictional effects Friction drive – Mechanical power
Contact_mechanics
Rotating circular machine part with teeth that mesh with another toothed part
sufficient to overcome friction. In traditional music boxes, however, the gear drives the worm, which has a large helix angle. This mesh drives the speed-limiter
Gear
German automobile pioneer (1864–1944)
rivers. Wenkel acquired several patents, e.g. for the Wenkelmobil’s friction drive and a high-speed compression and vacuum pump. The Berlin Directory lists
Max_Wenkel
American brand of electric home appliances
'edge' beater via a plastic cupped washer on the tip of the beater using friction drive against the sharply sloping side of the bowls near the bottoms. The
Sunbeam_Products
cyclecar. This was sold as a Winter and had a Blumfield engine and friction drive with belt to the rear axle. The number made is not known. List of car
W.W._(automobile)
Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer
two-cylinder and 30 hp (22 kW) four-cylinder engines, friction drive, and pneumatic or solid tires. The drive system used a cone and two bevel wheels, one for
ABC_(1906_automobile)
British model of cyclecar
mounted at the rear of the car and driving the rear wheels through a Friction drive arranged to give four forward ratios and reverse. The car had a combined
Gnome_(car)
Danish automobile
with their own design single-cylinder 4-5 hp engines; these featured friction drive using double discs to give an equivalent 12-speed transmission. A few
Anglo-Dane
1905. This model had a water-cooled 10/12 hp two-cylinder engine and friction drive; no further cars were built. They continued their business with the
Bukh_&_Gry
Type of multi-speed motor vehicle transmission
used by various manufacturers, usually alongside some form of mechanical friction clutch, to prevent the vehicle from stalling when coming to a standstill
Semi-automatic_transmission
Loss of fluid flow through friction
In fluid dynamics, friction loss (or frictional loss) is the head loss that occurs in a containment such as a pipe or duct due to the effect of the fluid's
Friction_loss
Michigan automobile manufacturer active 1907-1913
light car with a wooden chassis (wooden rails and iron cross-members), friction drive transmission and "underslung" coil springs in tension instead of compression
Brush_Motor_Car_Company
Spinning one metal workpiece against another to join them
friction welding (RFW) is a type of friction welding, which uses friction to heat two surfaces and create a non-separable weld. For rotary friction welding
Rotary_friction_welding
Type of manual transmission
[citation needed] A design advantage of many preselector gearboxes is that the friction components are brakes, rather than clutches. This meant that non-rotating
Preselector_gearbox
Sub-brand by Audi that designed for its all-wheel-drive cars
through a viscous coupling before reaching the final drive gearset. This coupling contained friction plates and an oil just viscous enough so that pressure
Quattro (four-wheel-drive system)
Quattro_(four-wheel-drive_system)
Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer
was different from the French market Ajax only in that it did not use friction drive. Few cyclecars sold well in America, and in 1916, it was replaced by
Argo_(automobile)
Motor vehicle
twin engine with RAC rating of 9 hp was coupled to a friction drive which gave a varying drive ratio by moving the driven wheel along a cone. This then
CFB_(car)
car had a single-cylinder air-cooled engine mounted at the rear, with friction drive. Brakes were fitted on the right rear wheel only, and the cars had tiller
Allvelo
Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer
transmission was called Giant Grip Drive, with "no clutch to slip" and "no gear to strip". This indicates a friction drive.[original research?] Base price
Albaugh-Dover_Co.
cylinder cycle car, fours of 1460 cc, 1726 cc, and 1847 cc which featured friction drive and were sold complete with bodywork and tires, and fours of 1460 cc
Arista_(1912_automobile)
Hybrid car drivetrain made by Toyota
Hybrid Synergy Drive system (HSD), also known as Toyota Hybrid System II, is the brand name of Toyota Motor Corporation for the hybrid car drive train technology
Hybrid_Synergy_Drive
powered by a 970 cc 8 hp engine, three-speed gearbox or four-ratio friction drive, continued until 1924. Baldwin, Nick, A–Z of Cars of the 1920s, Bideford:
Ashby_(automobile)
Neuilly, it was a 12 hp cyclecar with 980 cc 4-cylinder engine with friction drive. It sold for £78. Production continued after the brothers returned to
Ajax_(1913_automobile)
Eccentric gear reduction mechanism
principle and numerical analysis for cycloidal drive considering clearance, deformation, and friction". Alexandria Engineering Journal. 91: 403–418. doi:10
Cycloidal_drive
Differential gearbox that limits the rotational speed difference of output shafts
creating friction. The friction resists the relative movement of the outputs and creates the limiting torque Trq d . Unlike other friction-based LSD
Limited-slip_differential
Spinning a tool to mix metal workpieces together at the joint, without melting them
Friction stir welding (FSW) is a solid-state joining process that uses a non-consumable tool to join two facing workpieces without melting the workpiece
Friction_stir_welding
Motor vehicle
cylinder Precision engine rated at 3½ horsepower and drive was to the rear wheels via a friction transmission. Very few were made. List of car manufacturers
Bound_(car)
Mechanical device that inhibits motion
prevent its motion, most often accomplished by means of friction. Most brakes commonly use friction between two surfaces pressed together to convert the
Brake
American automobile manufactured in the 1920s
manufactured from 1921 until 1922. As many as ten were built; they boasted friction drive similar to that found in their contemporaries, the Kelsey and the Metz
Davis_Totem
American motor vehicle manufacturer, 1908–1913
a Reeves Model P. In the interest of simplicity, all models used a friction-drive transmission. A roller (a metal wheel with a rubber surface vulcanized
Lincoln_Motor_Car_Works
Motor vehicle transmission
the frictional torque from the cone clutch. In this position, the dog clutch is prevented from engaging. Once the speeds are synchronized, friction on
Manual_transmission
British TV sci-fi puppet series (1967–1968)
than 60 licences for Captain Scarlet products and released a range of friction-drive model vehicles through its subsidiary Century 21 Toys. Meccano Ltd manufactured
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Captain_Scarlet_and_the_Mysterons
Early automobile manufacturer
generator for the headlights. It was billed as "gearless", having a friction drive mechanism, and priced at $475, equivalent to $15,473 in 2025. Advertisements
Metz_Company
English manufacturing company
flywheel and a friction drive. In the 1950s other Wickham trolleys used the 600 cc JAP engine and drove through a clutch, tail shaft and bevel drive. J. A. Prestwich
J._A._Prestwich_Industries
Vehicle handling problem
in oversteer. This can be caused by low-friction surfaces (sand, gravel, rain, snow, ice, etc.). Rear-drive vehicles with sufficient power can induce
Fishtailing
Water coasters at SeaWorld parks
in the row. Journey to Atlantis begins as the boat is propelled via friction drives into a water flume meant to resemble an underwater canal. A siren beckons
Journey_to_Atlantis
types. Both power units drove through a friction drive and belt to the rear axle. Later models used a chain drive. Early cars had an acutely sloped dummy
Richardson_(1919_cyclecar)
Friction forces between a belt and a surface
Belt friction is a term describing the friction forces between a belt and a surface, such as a belt wrapped around a bollard. When a force applies a tension
Belt_friction
Removable disk storage medium
floppy disk drive (FDD) connected to or built into a computer or other device. The three most popular formats of floppy disks (and their drives) are the
Floppy_disk
FRICTION DRIVE
FRICTION DRIVE
Girl/Female
Afghan, Arabic, Australian, Indian, Muslim
Fiction; Romance; Story
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a medieval personal name, perhaps Old English MÅ«l (from Old English mÅ«l ‘mule’, ‘halfbreed’). This was the name of a brother of Ceadwalla, King of Wessex (died 675), and is also found as a place name element. However, it may not have survived to the Conquest, and Domesday Book Mule, Mulo may instead represent Old Norse MÅ«li, which is probably from Old Norse mÅ«li ‘muzzle’, ‘snout’.English : nickname for a stubborn person or metonymic occupational name for a driver of pack animals, from Middle English mule ‘mule’ (Old English mÅ«l, reinforced by Old French mule, both from Latin mula ‘she-mule’).English : from the medieval female personal name Mulle, variant of Molle, a pet form of Mary (see Marie).French : nickname from mule ‘mule’ (see 2).Dutch : nickname for a gossip or someone with a large mouth, from Middle Dutch mule ‘mouth’, ‘snout’.Dutch : metonymic occupational name for a maker of slippers, from Middle Dutch mule ‘slipper’.Italian (also Mulé) : from the medieval nickname Mulé, Molé, from Arabic mawlÄ â€˜gentleman’, ‘lord’, ‘master’, m(a)uley ‘my lord’.Sicilian and southern Italian : status name, from Arabic mawlÄ â€˜master’, ‘owner’.
Boy/Male
Indian
Friction
Surname or Lastname
Polish, Czech, Slovak, Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic), and Slovenian
Polish, Czech, Slovak, Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic), and Slovenian : occupational name for a carter or drayman, the driver of a horse-drawn delivery vehicle, from Polish, Yiddish, and Slovenian furman, a loanword from German (see Fuhrmann).English : variant of Firmin.Americanized spelling of German Fuhrmann.
Boy/Male
French Greek
Cyrano de Bergerac was a seventeenth-century soldier and science-fiction writer.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from an agent derivative of Middle English frik(i)en ‘to move briskly or nimbly’ (from Old English frician ‘to dance’).Swiss and German : variant of Frick 2.German and Swiss German : habitational name for someone from the Frick valley in Baden.
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English
English : from northern Middle English gad ‘goad’, ‘spike’, ‘sting’ (Old Norse gaddr), hence a metonymic occupational name for a cattle driver or, more likely, a nickname for a persistent and irritating person. The Old Norse word is attested as a byname (see Gadsby).
Surname or Lastname
Turkish
Turkish : from the Turkish personal name Osman, Turkish form of Arabic ‛UthmÄn. This was the name of the third of the ‘rightly guided’ khalifs (ruled 644–656), one of the ten Companions of the Prophet Muhammad, to whom he gave the good news of entering into paradise.English : variant of Osmond.Dutch : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements ans ‘god’ + man ‘man’.Dutch : occupational name for an ox driver, from os ‘ox’, ‘bullock’ + man ‘man’.German (Osmann) : variant of Ossmann (see Ossman).Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : of uncertain origin; perhaps a variant of Oshman or Hausman.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a driver of horses or oxen attached to a cart or plow, or of loose cattle, from a Middle English agent derivative of Old English drīfan ‘to drive’.
Boy/Male
Muslim
One who drives a boat
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English cachere ‘one who always chases or drives’, ‘huntsman’. It is probably also used in the same sense as the diminutive cacherel, which is common both as a name of office and as a surname in Norfolk.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Fraction of the Cosmos
Girl/Female
Indian
It’s derived from the root word - anksh that means a fraction. Ankshika means the fraction of the cosmos
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a carrier, from Middle English sum(p)ter ‘(driver of a) pack animal’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a peddler or hawker, Middle English packeman.English : occupational name for the servant (Middle English man) of someone called Pack.German (Packmann, Päckmann), Dutch (Pakman), and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a packer (one who packed goods for shipping) or alternatively a rider or driver of pack animals, used for carrying comparatively light quantitites of goods at high speed, from a derivative of packen ‘to pack’.German : variant of Pach 1, 2.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Ankshika | அஂகà¯à®·à¯€à®•à®¾
It’s derived from the root word - anksh that means a fraction. Ankshika means the fraction of the cosmos
Ankshika | அஂகà¯à®·à¯€à®•à®¾
Girl/Female
Bengali, Indian
Fraction of Time
Boy/Male
Buddhist, Indian, Japanese
Mysterious Function
Boy/Male
Muslim
He who drives on the right path
FRICTION DRIVE
FRICTION DRIVE
Girl/Female
Spanish
Savior.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : apparently an altered spelling of Timms.
Female
English
English name derived from the name of the herb, ANISE means "anise."
Boy/Male
Muslim
Pilgrim
Boy/Male
Tamil
Fame
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Younger Brother
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Tender; Resilient
Boy/Male
English American
From the people's meadow. From a surname and place name derived from the Old English, meaning...
Boy/Male
Tamil
Raghu Chandan | ரகà¯-சஂதந    Â
Surya Vamshi
Boy/Male
Arabic, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Muslim, Telugu
Guardian Angel
FRICTION DRIVE
FRICTION DRIVE
FRICTION DRIVE
FRICTION DRIVE
FRICTION DRIVE
n.
The adhesive friction of a wheel on a rail, a rope on a pulley, or the like.
n.
The appropriate action of any special organ or part of an animal or vegetable organism; as, the function of the heart or the limbs; the function of leaves, sap, roots, etc.; life is the sum of the functions of the various organs and parts of the body.
n.
A priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming, and Friction.
n.
A wax friction match.
n.
A quantity so connected with another quantity, that if any alteration be made in the latter there will be a consequent alteration in the former. Each quantity is said to be a function of the other. Thus, the circumference of a circle is a function of the diameter. If x be a symbol to which different numerical values can be assigned, such expressions as x2, 3x, Log. x, and Sin. x, are all functions of x.
n.
Heat excited by friction.
a.
Rubbed; worn by friction.
a.
Having no friction.
n.
The act of rubbing; friction.
a.
Of or pertaining to fractions or a fraction; constituting a fraction; as, fractional numbers.
n.
The act of drawing, or the state of being drawn; as, the traction of a muscle.
a.
Relating to friction; moved by friction; produced by friction; as, frictional electricity.
n.
Choice of words for the expression of ideas; the construction, disposition, and application of words in discourse, with regard to clearness, accuracy, variety, etc.; mode of expression; language; as, the diction of Chaucer's poems.
a.
Tending to lessen friction.
v. t.
To separate by means of, or to subject to, fractional distillation or crystallization; to fractionate; -- frequently used with out; as, to fraction out a certain grade of oil from pretroleum.
n.
Something to lessen friction; antiattrition.
n.
A friction match.
n.
Friction.
n.
A rubbing together; friction.
n.
The act of feigning, inventing, or imagining; as, by a mere fiction of the mind.