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tribochemical

tribochemical adjective: relating to lubrication by chemical means.

Adjective

tribochemical (not comparable)

  1. Relating to lubrication by chemical means.
    • If that being the case, blasting particles adhere to sandblasted material surface could be instrumental to increasing adhesive strength like underlying bonding mechanism between luting material and silanized particles of tribochemical silica coating-treated surface.2016 January 15, “Various Effects of Sandblasting of Dental Restorative Materials”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
  2. Caused by rubbing together mechanically.

Origin of tribochemical

From tribo- + chemical.

Questions about tribochemical

What does tribochemical mean?
Tribochemical means relating to lubrication by chemical means.
What part of speech is tribochemical?
Tribochemical is an adjective.

Words near tribochemical in the dictionary

  1. triblets
  2. Tribley
  3. triblock
  4. triblocks
  5. tribo-
  6. tribochemical
  7. tribochemically
  8. tribochemistry
  9. tribocorrosion
  10. tribocouple
  11. tribocouples

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