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Definition of Lubrication
1. Noun. The condition of having been made smooth or slippery by the application of a lubricant.
2. Noun. An application of a lubricant to something.
Definition of Lubrication
1. n. The act of lubricating; the act of making slippery.
Definition of Lubrication
1. Noun. The application of a substance (a lubricant), between moving surfaces in contact in order to reduce friction and minimize heating. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lubrication
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Lubrication
1. The application of a substance to diminish friction between two surfaces. It may refer to oils, greases, and similar substances for the lubrication of medical equipment but it can be used for the application of substances to tissue to reduce friction, such as lotions for skin and vaginal lubricants. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lubrication
Literary usage of Lubrication
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"General Lubrication. Lubrication Troubles. Carbonization. Oil Pumps. Oil .Pressure.
Purpose of lubrication: When two parts of a mechanism rub together, ..."
2. Vehicles of the Air: A Popular Exposition of Modern Aeronautics with Working by Victor Lougheed (1909)
"Like all forms of gravity lubrication these systems have the objection that ...
FORCED Lubrication Forced lubrication, by which the lubricant is sent to the ..."
3. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1919)
"Characteristics of oils and greases as affecting lubrication, with suggestions.
... Discusses air cylinder lubrication. Lubrication of Air-Compressor ..."
4. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1910)
"LUBRICANTS AND Lubrication. 354. General. — The losses due to the friction of
... 232; WM Davis, Friction and Lubrication, p. 28; Gill, Oil Analysis. 356. ..."
5. Vehicles of the Air: A Popular Exposition of Modern Aeronautics with Working by Victor Lougheed (1910)
"Haphazard methods of lubrication, which can be made to serve in automobiles and
other mechanisms, should under no circumstances be tolerated in the design ..."
6. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1905)
"MOTOR Lubrication 32. The question of proper lubrication for railway motors is
... Insufficient lubrication not only causes a waste of power but it may lead ..."
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