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Lubrication   /lˌubrɪkˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Lubrication

noun
1.
The condition of having been made smooth or slippery by the application of a lubricant.
2.
An application of a lubricant to something.





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"Lubrication" Quotes from Famous Books



... oil the work required to do this is not very different, no matter how great we make the pressure upon the bearings. Compared with the resistance of solid friction, the resistance of fluid friction is trifling. Here under the skate the lubrication is perhaps the most perfect which it is possible to conceive. J. Mueller has determined the coefficient by towing a skater holding on by a spring balance. The coefficient is between 0.016 and 0.032. In other words, ...
— The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays • J. (John) Joly


Words linked to "Lubrication" :   application, lubricate, status, covering, condition, coating


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