friction
/ˈfrɪkʃ(ə)n/
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American sound/ˈfrɪkʃ(ə)n/
friction
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fric - tion -> friction
Myanmar meaning
(n) (က) အရာဝတ္ထုနှစ်ခု ပွတ်တိုက်ခြင်း။ (ခ) (physics) ပွတ်အား။ ပွတ်တိုက်အား။ သဘောထားကွဲလွဲမှု။ ပဋိပက္ခ။
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၁။ [U] (က) အရာဝတ္ထုနှစ်ခု ပွတ်တိုက်ခြင်း။ Friction between moving parts had caused the engine to overheat.
(ခ) (physics ) ပွတ်အား။ ပွတ်တိုက်အား။
The force of friction slows the spacecraft down as it reenters the earth's atmosphere.
၂။ [U,C] ~ (between A and B) သဘောထားကွဲလွဲမှု။ ပဋိပက္ခ။ There is a great deal of friction between the management and the workforce. ❍ conflicts and frictions that have still to be resolved.
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resistance, rubbing, roughness, abrasion, chafing, rasping, agitation, animosity, antagonism, attrition, bad blood, bad feeling, bickering, bone to pick, brushing, conflict, contact, counteraction, disagreement, discontent, discord, disharmony, dispute, dissension, erosion, faction, factionalism, filing, flak, fretting, grating, grinding, hassle, hatred, hostility, impedance, incompatibility, interference, irritation, massage, opposition, quarrel, resentment, rivalry, row, ruckus, rumpus, scraping, set-to, soreness, sour note, strife, tension, traction, trituration, trouble, wearing away, wrangling
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