"static friction" meaning in English

See static friction in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} static friction (uncountable)
  1. (classical mechanics) Friction between two or more solid objects that are not moving relative to each other. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Classical mechanics
    Sense id: en-static_friction-en-noun-259diAxB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for static friction meaning in English (1.4kB)

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "static friction (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Classical mechanics",
          "orig": "en:Classical mechanics",
          "parents": [
            "Mechanics",
            "Physics",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: kinetic friction"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Rusty L. Myers, The Basics of Physics, Greenwood Publishing Group, page 46",
          "text": "Two main types of friction that exist are static friction and kinetic friction. Static friction keeps an object from moving when a force is applied. A person pushing on a heavy object is unable to budge it because of static friction.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Friction between two or more solid objects that are not moving relative to each other."
      ],
      "id": "en-static_friction-en-noun-259diAxB",
      "links": [
        [
          "classical mechanics",
          "classical mechanics"
        ],
        [
          "Friction",
          "friction"
        ],
        [
          "object",
          "object"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "classical mechanics",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(classical mechanics) Friction between two or more solid objects that are not moving relative to each other."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "static friction"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "static friction (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Classical mechanics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: kinetic friction"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Rusty L. Myers, The Basics of Physics, Greenwood Publishing Group, page 46",
          "text": "Two main types of friction that exist are static friction and kinetic friction. Static friction keeps an object from moving when a force is applied. A person pushing on a heavy object is unable to budge it because of static friction.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Friction between two or more solid objects that are not moving relative to each other."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "classical mechanics",
          "classical mechanics"
        ],
        [
          "Friction",
          "friction"
        ],
        [
          "object",
          "object"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "classical mechanics",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(classical mechanics) Friction between two or more solid objects that are not moving relative to each other."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "static friction"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.