n.
  - the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another. 
▸the action of one surface or object rubbing against another.
 - conflict or disagreement.
 
 
  Derivative
  
    - frictional adj.
  - frictionless adj.
 
   
  Etymology
  C16: via Fr. from L. frictio(n-), from fricare ‘to rub’.