frictional adjective. ['frɪkʃ(ǝ)n(ǝ)l] M19.
[from FRICTION + -AL¹.]
Of or pertaining to friction; moved, produced, or operating by friction.
Special collocations: frictional electricity = STATIC electricity. frictional unemployment Economics the unemployment which exists in any economy through people being in the process of moving between jobs.

■ frictionally adverb L19.

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