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ma sát

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friction
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friction

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
friction Discourse & LogicTheme

The force that makes it difficult for one surface to slide over another.

vi Lực ma sát làm cho các vật chuyển động chậm lại.

en Friction causes moving objects to slow down.

Parts
ma / sát / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 摩擦 …
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 摩擦

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
摩擦
Candidates by syllable
ma 麻(魔) sát 察(殺)
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
ma / ma túy / ma quỷ / ma trận …
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Use
bóng ma / con ma / tẩu hỏa nhập ma / phim ma …
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