Lubricant
['luːbrɪk(ə)nt] or ['lubrɪkənt]
Definition
(noun.) a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery.
Checked by Klaus--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Lubricating.
(n.) That which lubricates; specifically, a substance, as oil, grease, plumbago, etc., used for reducing the friction of the working parts of machinery.
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Examples
- The diving case is not absolutely water-tight, nor is it desired that it should be so, as the slight leakage acts as a lubricant to the joints, and aids in their movements. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Edison has strong convictions on the liberal use of lubricants, but argued that in the ordinary oiling of machinery there is great waste, while much dirt is conveyed into the bearings. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Lubricants of all kinds had been and are used; but Babbitt's invention was an anti-friction metal. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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