stictionn.
/ˈstɪkʃən/ = static friction n. at static n. and adj. Compounds.
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stiction1946
1946 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 50 365/1 ‘Stiction’ might be caused by foreign bodies silting up round these pistons.
1953 Electronic Engin. 25 11/2 Armature stiction due to residual magnetism in the iron circuit..is normally overcome by facing the pole piece or armature, or both, with some non-magnetic coating.
1976 Gramophone Nov. 905/2 The bearings use tiny ball-races and the ‘stiction’ is of a very low order, some five-thousandths of a gram in both planes.
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