friction tape
- noun
- /ˈfrɪkʃən teɪp/
- Specialized
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cinta aislante
- After fixing the electrical circuit, she covered it with friction tape for added protection.
So and friction tape on the blade.
- So and friction tape on the blade.
Examples
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Students have open access to motors, wire, electrical tape, and friction tape.
Academic text (2008) -
Friction tape, electrical tape.
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There's friction tape there.
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(I have the bells muffled with friction tape because I'm getting irritable in my old age.)
Fiction book (1991) -
Strips of army-green friction tape had been clumsily applied to the entire top and bottom seams of the cover, and another shorter piece was holding the spine together.
Blog text (24) -
To insulate the exposed wires, he wrapped them carefully with friction tape.
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The electrician used friction tape to secure the loose connections and prevent shorts.
Synonyms
277
1.0
A thin strip of cloth, paper, or plastic used to fasten things
2
1.5
A strip of sticky material used to hold things together
A sticky water-resistant tape used to cover bare electrical wires
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is an adjective+noun compound so a B1 learner who knows 'tape' will recognize it as a kind of tape and 'friction' signals a physical property (roughness/resistance), allowing partial inference. However the specific technical functions (water-resistant, electrical insulation) are specialized and not fully predictable from 'friction' alone, so the meaning is only partly transparent.
Etymology
The name friction tape may come from the rough cloth backing that gives extra friction, meaning a strong grip, when you wrap the tape around wires. That's why the term refers to a sticky, water-resistant cloth tape used to 'insulate' and protect exposed electrical wires.