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Velocity vs Friction - What's the difference?

velocity | friction |

In physics terms the difference between velocity and friction

is that velocity is a vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, or a speed with the directional component while friction is : A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact.

velocity

English

Noun

  • (physics) A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, or a speed with the directional component.
  • Rapidity of motion.
  • The rate of occurrence.
  • (economics) The number of times that an average unit of currency is spent during a specific period of time.
  • Derived terms

    * angular velocity * phase velocity * escape velocity

    friction

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The rubbing of one object or surface against another.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)
  • , title= Geothermal Energy , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.}}
  • Conflict, as between persons having dissimilar ideas or interests; clash.
  • (physics): A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact.
  • * 1839 , (Denison Olmsted), A Compendium of Astronomy Page 95
  • Secondly, When a body is once in motion it will continue to move forever, unless something stops it. When a ball is struck on the surface of the earth, the friction of the earth and the resistance of the air soon stop its motion.

    See also

    * tribology * lubrication ----