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Definition of Stiction
1. Noun. (physics) The static friction that needs to be overcome to enable relative motion of stationary objects in contact ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stiction
1. the force required to begin to move a body that is in contact with another body [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stiction
Literary usage of Stiction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions by Manchester Association of Engineers (1908)
"It is greatest when the motion is slowest; and when one body is just commencing
to move relatively to another we have what has boon aptly termed " stiction" ..."
2. A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: Comprising the by William Mitchell Gillespie (1854)
"The lessened " stiction" will also enable him to carry his former load to a more
distant market, if desired, or to carry to his former market a larger load, ..."
3. A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: Comprising the by William Mitchell Gillespie (1871)
"But the hill, rising 1 in 20, will offer a resistance three times as great as
does the " stiction" of the plank road, and the whole resistance in going up ..."
4. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1918)
"Ikir Pump, 4'stiction and ™ Discharge -•/ Fia. 1 COOLING SYSTEM USED IN THE
EXPERIMENTS Condenser. Wind velocity was measured by a standard anemometer, ..."
5. A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: Comprising the by William Mitchell Gillespie (1872)
"But the hill, rising 1 in 20, will offer a resistance three times as great as
does the " stiction" of the plank road, and the whole resistance in going up ..."
6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1887)
"Ewing has proposed a further assumption—that a molecule has a friction (not a
viscous friction, but what Whewell called stiction) which prevents it from ..."
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