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> examples: static friction, tension exerted by
> nonstretching strings, etc.
Whoa, lost me there.
1) Nonstretching spring = contradiction in terms.
-- Dissipation has to do with a change in entropy.
-- Non-conservative force has to do with a change in energy.
The force is not a function of position.