Dictionary entry

Friction

Pronunciation: /ˈfrɪkʃ(ə)n/

Pronunciation

/ˈfrɪkʃ(ə)n/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) (က) အရာဝတ္ထုနှစ်ခု ပွတ်တိုက်ခြင်း။ (ခ) (physics) ပွတ်အား။ ပွတ်တိုက်အား။ သဘောထားကွဲလွဲမှု။ ပဋိပက္ခ။

Definition

friction / 'frÇkʃn / n ၁။ [U] (က) အရာဝတၳဳႏွစ္ခု ပြတ္တိုက္ျခင္း။ Friction between moving parts had caused the engine to overheat. (ခ) ( physics ) ပြတ္အား။ ပြတ္တိုက္အား။ The force of friction slows the spacecraft down as it reenters the earth's atmosphere. ၂။ [U,C] ~ (between A and B) သေဘာထားကြဲလြဲမႈ။ ပဋိပကၡ။ There is a great deal of friction between the management and the workforce. ❍ conflicts and frictions that have still to be resolved.

Examples

  1. [friction between] : There is some friction between the various departments.
  2. [friction with] : The decision is likely to lead to friction with neighbouring countries.
  3. He had burn marks from the friction of the ropes on his skin.