transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfrik-shən ]
noun
Etymology: earlier, therapeutic rubbing of the limbs, from Middle French, from Latin friction-, frictio, from fricare to rub; akin to Latin friare to crumble, and perhaps to Sanskrit bhrīṇanti they injure
Date: 1704
1.
a. : the rubbing of one body against another
b. : the force that resists relative motion between two bodies in contact
2. : the clashing between two persons or parties of opposed views : disagreement
3. : sound produced by the movement of air through a narrow constriction in the mouth or glottis
• fric·tion·less -ləs adjective
• fric·tion·less·ly adverb