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Meaning of "friction match" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FRICTION MATCH

friction match play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRICTION MATCH

noun
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Friction match is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FRICTION MATCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

friction match

Match

A match is a tool for starting a fire. Typically, modern matches are made of small wooden sticks or stiff paper. One end is coated with a material that can be ignited by frictional heat generated by striking the match against a suitable surface. Wooden matches are packaged in matchboxes, and paper matches are partially cut into rows and stapled into matchbooks. The coated end of a match, known as the match "head", contains either phosphorus or phosphorus sesquisulfide as the active ingredient and gelatin as a binder. There are two main types of matches: safety matches, which can be struck only against a specially prepared surface, and strike-anywhere matches, for which any suitably frictional surface can be used. Some match-like compositions, known as electric matches, are ignited electrically and do not make use of heat from friction.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FRICTION MATCH

fricassee
fricative
fricht
fricking
FRICS
friction
friction clutch
friction feed
friction layer
friction murmur
friction rub
friction tape
friction welding
frictional
frictional electricity
frictional soil
frictional unemployment
frictionally
frictionless
frictionlessly

WORDS THAT END LIKE FRICTION MATCH

boxing match
catch
cross-match
exhibition match
football match
friendly match
grudge match
home match
league match
love match
match
mismatch
mix-and-match
practice match
rematch
return match
shouting match
smatch
test match
the whole shooting match
wrestling match

Synonyms and antonyms of friction match in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «friction match» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FRICTION MATCH

Find out the translation of friction match to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of friction match from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «friction match» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

赛摩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

partido fricción
570 millions of speakers

English

friction match
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घर्षण मैच
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

مباراة الاحتكاك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

трения матч
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

jogo de fricção
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঘর্ষণ ম্যাচ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

match de friction
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perlawanan geseran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Reibung Spiel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

摩擦マッチ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

마찰 경기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pertandhingan friksi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trận đấu ma sát
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உராய்வு போட்டியில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घर्षण सामना
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sürtünme maçı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

partita attrito
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tarcie meczu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тертя матч
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

meci frecare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αγώνα τριβής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wrywing wedstryd
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

friktion match
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

friksjon kamp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of friction match

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FRICTION MATCH»

The term «friction match» is used very little and occupies the 178.909 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FRICTION MATCH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about friction match

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRICTION MATCH»

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Commissioner of Patents Annual Report
Marble-polishing machine M arble-tin ishing machine Marking ground for planting Mnrl, Treating and compounding Mash tun Mash tun for brewers Mast coat Match, Friction Match, Friction Match, Friction Match, Friction Match, Friction Match, ...
United States. Patent Office, 1867
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Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents
Marble, Polishing Marble-polishing machine Marble-finishing machine Marking ground for plantiug Mori, Treating ami compounding Mush tun Mush tun for brewers Maul coat Match, Friction Match, Friction M*ttc!i, Friction Match, ...
United States. Patent Office, 1867
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United States Congressional serial set
Mast coat Mutch, Friction Match, Friction Mutch, Friction Match, Friction Match, Friction Match, Friction W. J. Ketcham C. D. Everett A. Partridge L. Byrnes J. A. Harris J. N. Scrauton and H. H. Parsons.. A. Kreusler P. L. Wissmaune M. Riley W .
‎1867
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House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: ...
... i Marble-finishing machine Harking ground for planting. Marl, Treating ami compounding Maafa tan Mii-h tun for brewers Mast coat March, Friction Match, Friction Match, Friction Match, Fricti>-n Match, Friction Match, Friction W. S. andS.
United States. Congress. House, 1866
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The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts ...
Mechanics' Magazine. BURNING OF A FRICTION MATCH. Among the varied operations of the arts there is perhaps no other involving so many chemical and physical changes, and so many philosophical principles, as the burning of a friction ...
‎1867
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Year-book of Facts in Science and Art
Mechanics' Magazine. BURNING OF A FRICTION MATCH. Among the varied operations of the arts there is perhaps no other involving so many chemical and physical changes, and so many philosophical principles, as the burning of a friction ...
Charles Robert Cross (1848-1921, ed), William Ripley Nichols, John Trowbridge (1843-1923, ed), 1867
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Learn Something New Every Day: 365 Facts to Fulfill Your Life
Then in 1826, a British pharmacist named John Walker accidentally discovered the friction match. He was experimenting with combustible substances, and the end of the stick he used to stir them accumulated a coating of the chemicals.
Kee Malesky, 2012
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History of Chelmsford
Between the tinder-box and the friction match, several inventions came into use. An article in the “Chelmsford Eagle," 1883, probably by H. S. P., says: One of these was the “instantaneous-light box," which consisted of a small tin box ...
P.H. Spaulding, W. Waters
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A Text Book Of Professional Communication
These methods were popular with those who could afford them and they continued in use until the friction match established its supremacy. It is possible that phosphorus matches ignitable by friction were made in Paris as early as 1805 ...
Subhash Ranade, 2006
10
Weird Stuff: Operation: Culture Creation
So subtle are the satanic gestures that a friction match could easily go unnoticed. Few people know that a friction match is also called a Lucifer. Check your dictionary if you don't believe me. You will also find that Venus is Lucifer, but that is a ...
Freeman Fly, Jamie Hanshaw, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRICTION MATCH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term friction match is used in the context of the following news items.
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Flame of inspiration still burns bright in Stockton
STRIKING IMAGE: Artist Sarah Pickering and her friction match artwork installation which is to be displayed on the side of the Castlegate shopping centre for the ... «The Northern Echo, Jun 15»
2
Stockton International Riverside Festival: Fire and light herald return …
... of the friction match and weaves through it the magic of the circus “to ... and Vesta from the circus and the invention of the friction match. «Gazette Live, Jun 15»
3
More than 100 shows lined up for region's biggest outdoor arts festival
... how Stockton became a festival town featuring the story of John Walker, one of Stockton's most famous sons who invented the friction match. «Darlington and Stockton Times, Jun 15»
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A heavenly match made in Stockton to be displayed in new work of art
THE world's first friction match has been remade as part of an art project in memory of Stockton's greatest inventor. Dr Joe McGinnis, senior ... «Darlington and Stockton Times, May 15»
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Student's 38-metre friction match artwork to take pride of place in …
The dramatic and eye-catching installation by artist Sarah Pickering shows the friction match - invented in Stockton-on-Tees by John Walker in ... «Gazette Live, May 15»
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On this day: Orson Welles' Citizen Kane premiered
Deaths: 1700 John Dryden, Poet Laureate for 32 years; 1859 John Walker, inventor of friction match; 1873 David Livingstone, medical ... «Scotsman, Apr 15»
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Dispute over historic bequest to Stockton Council
... month to purchase a set of apothecary scales thought to have been used by the inventor of the friction match, Stockton chemist John Walker, ... «The Northern Echo, Mar 15»
8
Christmas Lights – the invention of matches
The first friction match was created by accident, by apothecary John Walker in 1826. The fact that wooden splints were so ubiquitous in ... «Royal Society of Chemistry, Dec 14»
9
Circling the globe with the mid-20th century's most brilliant matchbox …
A British chemist named John Walker invented the first friction match in 1827, using small splinters of wood tipped with sulphur and ... «Boing Boing, Oct 14»
10
Watch: Stockton cameraman hits back at Benefits Street being filmed …
Not as the home of the world's first passenger railway or the invention of the friction match that lit up our planet, or indeed the town that's having ... «Gazette Live, Oct 14»

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