lubrication

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lubrication

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Etymology

From lubricate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌluː.bɹɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

lubrication (countable and uncountable, plural lubrications)

1. The application of a substance (lubricant) between moving surfaces in contact in order to reduce friction and minimize heating.

   Synonym: (obsolete) lubrifaction

   • 1951 March, “British Railways Standard "Britannia" Class 4-6-2 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 186:

     Valve and cylinder lubrication is by atomised oil delivered by mechanical lubricators.

Derived terms

• biolubrication
• lubricational
• lubrication payment
• overlubrication
• relubrication
• self-lubrication
• underlubrication
• vaginal lubrication

Related terms

• lubricate
• lubricant
• lubricity

Translations

the application of lubricants

Bulgarian: смазване n (smazvane) Catalan: lubrificació f, lubricació f Chinese: Mandarin: 润滑 (zh) (rùnhuá) Esperanto: lubrikado Estonian: määrimine Finnish: voitelu (fi) French: lubrification (fr) f Galician: lubricación (gl) f, lubrificación (gl) f German: Schmierung f Italian: lubrificazione (it) f Norwegian: Bokmål: smøring (no) m or f Nynorsk: smørjing f Portuguese: lubrificação (pt) f Spanish: lubricación (es) f, lubrificación (es) f Swedish: smörjning (sv) c

See also

• tribology