THE FIRST WORD

stiction

PRONUNCIATION:

(STIK-shuhn) 

MEANING:

noun: The frictional force that must be overcome to set one object in motion when it is in contact with another.

ETYMOLOGY:

A blend of static + friction. Earliest documented use: 1946.

USAGE:

"Thom watched the nurse's backside as she left the low gravity and the stiction in her shoes made her suggestive."
R.E. Wilder; Captain Thom and Orions Thunder; Dog Ear Publishing; 2009.