Frication is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Frication in a sentence
Frication meaning
- friction
- turbulent and noisy airflow
Using Frication
- The main meaning on this page is: friction | turbulent and noisy airflow
Context around Frication
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Frication
- In this selection, "frication" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 18.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, little and turbulent stand out and add context to how "frication" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include however such frication is generally and with little frication turbulent airflow. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "frication" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with frication
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
However, such frication is generally slight and intermittent, unlike the strong turbulence of fricative consonants. (15 words)
In most languages, the retroflex and palatal releases are "abrupt"; that is, they are sharp popping sounds with little frication (turbulent airflow). (22 words)
In most languages, the retroflex and palatal releases are "abrupt"; that is, they are sharp popping sounds with little frication (turbulent airflow). (22 words)
However, such frication is generally slight and intermittent, unlike the strong turbulence of fricative consonants. (15 words)
Example sentences (2)
However, such frication is generally slight and intermittent, unlike the strong turbulence of fricative consonants.
In most languages, the retroflex and palatal releases are "abrupt"; that is, they are sharp popping sounds with little frication (turbulent airflow).