COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ratio of the weight of an object being moved along a surface and the force that maintains contact between the object and the surface

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Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("coefficient of friction" is a kind of...):

coefficient (a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic)

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