Look up: lubricant

1. lubricant
   [n] - a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery
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2. Lubricant
   A lubricant is a substance which reduces friction between two surfaces. Examples are oil, water, air, bananas, seaweed
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3. Lubricant
   An oily or slippery substance that reduces friction. For example, a lubricant may be used to ease the insertion of a gloved finger into the rectum (bowel) during manual evacuation of stools.
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4. Lubricant
   (lubricants) Something which moistens, or makes a surface slippery.
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5. Lubricant
   a substance based on heavy liquid hydrocarbons used to reduce friction in an engine or machine.
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6. Lubricant
   Lubricant: An oily or slippery substance. A vaginal lubricant may be helpful for women who feel pain during intercourse because of vaginal dryness.
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7. lubricant
   any substance capable of reducing friction between surfaces in relative motion,by virtue of separating them either by a viscous fluid film(oil)or by an unctuous solid(graphite) Category: Mechanical engineering
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8. Lubricant
   Lu'bri·cant adjective [ Latin lubricans , present participle of lubricare , See Lubricate .] Lubricating.
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9. Lubricant
   Lu'bri·cant noun That which lubricates; specifically, a substance, as oil, grease, plumbago, etc., used for reducing the friction of the working parts of machinery.
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10. lubricant
    An oily or slippery substance. A vaginal lubricant may be helpful for women who feel pain during intercourse because of vaginal dryness. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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11. lubricant
    lubricator noun a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery
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12. Lubricant
    • (n.) That which lubricates; specifically, a substance, as oil, grease, plumbago, etc., used for reducing the friction of the working parts of machinery. • (a.) Lubricating.
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13. Lubricant
    Any fluid that will maintain a film thickness of one micron or more at its operating temperature and load.
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14. Lubricant
    any substance interposed between two surfaces in relative motion for the purpose of reducing the friction and/or the wear between them.
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15. Lubricant
    A lubricant is a substance applied to surfaces that work against each other, to diminish friction. Lubricants may be either solid, semi-liquid, or liquid. Plumbago, grease, animal, vegetable, and mineral oils, simple or variously compounded, as well as synthetic are used.
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16. lubricant
    Substance used between moving surfaces to reduce friction. Carbon-based (organic) lubricants, commonly called grease and oil, are recovered from petroleum distillation. Extensive research has been carried out on chemical additives to lubricants, which can reduce corrosive wear, prevent the accumulation of `cold sludge` (often the resu...
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17. lubricant
    An oily or slippery substance.
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18. Lubricant
    A `lubricant` is a substance introduced to reduce friction between moving surfaces. It may also have the function of transporting foreign particles and of distributing heat. The property of reducing friction is known as lubricity. One of the single largest applications for lubricants, in the form of...
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