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starting friction (medicine) and dockyard (iou)


starting friction (medicine)


starting friction


The force that must be overcome to initiate the motion of one body relative to another because they have been resting in contact.

Compare: dynamic friction.

Synonym: static friction.


dockyard (iou)



dockyard noun. E18.
[from DOCK noun3 + YARD noun1.]
An area with docks and workshops for the building, outfit, and repair of ships; esp. a Government establishment of this kind for the use of the Royal Navy.
Comb.: dockyard man, (colloq.) dockyard matey a male employee in a Government dockyard.