Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

frictionize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fric-tion-ize
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To apply friction to.

Archaic; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Then to one grain of this compound add ninety nine grains more of sugar of milk, frictionize as before, and we get the second potency or attenuation, and so on, until the eleventh potency is reached, […]"
"The thing of supreme importance in this treatment was to instruct the patient to frictionize the gums so persistently with the tooth-brush that no infection of the sulci could take place."

Etymology

From friction + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: friction

Usage

Inflected Forms

frictionizes (present, singular) frictionizing (participle, present) frictionized (participle, past) frictionized (past)

Questions

What does frictionize mean?: To apply friction to.
Where does frictionize come from?: From friction + -ize.

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