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frication

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fri⋅ca⋅tion

[fri-key-shuhn]
–noun Phonetics.
an audible, constrained rush of air accompanying and characteristic of fricatives.

Origin:
1525–35; < L fricātiōn- (s. of fricātiō), equiv. to fricāt(us) rubbed (ptp. of fricāre; see friction ) + -iōn- -ion
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