Usually means: Friction that prevents initial movement.
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▸ noun:  (physics) The static friction that needs to be overcome to enable relative motion of stationary objects in contact.

Similar:
friction, staticity, stick, stickiness, stiflingness, stuckness, sticktoitiveness, costiveness, tenacity, stick-to-itness, more...

Opposite:
slipperiness, lubrication, non-adhesion

Adjectives:
use, low, anti, mechanical, thick, high

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Similar:
friction, staticity, stick, stickiness, stiflingness, stuckness, sticktoitiveness, costiveness, tenacity, stick-to-itness, more...

Opposite:
slipperiness, lubrication, non-adhesion

Adjectives:
use, low, anti, mechanical, thick, high



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