frication

frication
/fri kay"sheuhn/, n. Phonet.
an audible, constrained rush of air accompanying and characteristic of fricatives.
[1525-35; < L frication- (s. of fricatio), equiv. to fricat(us) rubbed (ptp. of fricare; see FRICTION) + -ion- -ION]

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