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microtribology

microtribology noun: the branch of tribology that studies interactions between very small surfaces.

Noun

microtribology (uncountable)

  1. The branch of tribology that studies interactions between very small surfaces.
    • The division of the tribology science into macrotribology (considering macrotribological systems) and microtribology is therefore proposed in Fig. 1.2012, H.-J. Güntherodt, Forces in Scanning Probe Methods, page 398

Origin of microtribology

From micro- + tribology.

Questions about microtribology

What does microtribology mean?
Microtribology means the branch of tribology that studies interactions between very small surfaces.
What part of speech is microtribology?
Microtribology is a noun.

Words near microtribology in the dictionary

  1. microtrepan
  2. microtrepanned
  3. microtrepanning
  4. microtrepans
  5. microtribological
  6. microtribology
  7. microtriches
  8. microtrichia
  9. microtrichial
  10. microtrichium
  11. microtrichome

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