LUBRICATION

Lubrication

Lubrication is the process, or technique employed to reduce wear of one or both surfaces in close proximity, and moving relative to each other, by interposing a substance called lubricant between the surfaces to carry or to help carry the load between the opposing surfaces. The interposed lubricant film can be a solid, a solid/liquid dispersion, a liquid, a liquid-liquid dispersion or, exceptionally, a gas.

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lubrication

Noun

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


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