ma sát

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 摩擦.

Pronunciation

Noun

ma sát

  1. (physics) friction
    • 1979, S.M. Targ, translated by Phạm Huyền, Giáo trình giản yếu cơ học lý thuyết, NXB đại học và trung học chuyên nghiệp Hà Nội, page 96:
      Lực ma sát có hướng ngược với chiều chuyển động của vật mà lực tác dụng có xu hướng gây ra.
      The frictional force has a sense opposite to that of the movement of the body which the applied force has the tendency to cause.