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superlubricant

superlubricant noun: a chemical designed to render a surface nearly frictionless.

Noun

superlubricant (plural superlubricants)

  1. A chemical designed to render a surface nearly frictionless.
    • The poor lubricity means that the fuel flow must be dosed with a superlubricant and herein lies the root of the problem with naphtha firing.1996, Turbomachinery International - Volume 37, page 26
    • Adhesives or superlubricants liberally applied on seaports, air base runways, highway intersections, steep railway grades, key bridges, and other bottlenecks could impede enemy military traffic or bring it to a standstill.1998, Jerry E. Smith, HAARP: The Ultimate Weapon of the Conspiracy, →ISBN, page 119

Forms of superlubricant

pluralsuperlubricants

Origin of superlubricant

From super- + lubricant.

Questions about superlubricant

What does superlubricant mean?
Superlubricant means a chemical designed to render a surface nearly frictionless.
What part of speech is superlubricant?
Superlubricant is a noun.
What is the plural of superlubricant?
The plural of superlubricant is superlubricants.

Words near superlubricant in the dictionary

  1. superlow
  2. superloyal
  3. superloyalist
  4. superloyalists
  5. superlubric
  6. superlubricant
  7. superlubricants
  8. superlubricity
  9. superlucky
  10. superlucration
  11. superlucrations

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