noun
lubrication
the condition of having been made smooth or slippery by the application of a lubricant
In a sentence
Six example sentences with lubrication, each labelled with its topic.
Cyclists check chain lubrication before long climbs, since a dry drivetrain wastes effort and grinds the sprockets down quickly.
Fitness
Adequate joint lubrication lets the knee glide painlessly, which is why cartilage fluid matters so much to older runners.
Medicine
The factory logged every bearing's lubrication, because a single dry spindle could seize and halt the whole assembly line.
Business
Regular lubrication keeps a trumpet's valves moving freely, and a dry valve sticks in the middle of a solo.
Music
A hard drive's bearings depend on lubrication so thin it is measured in molecules, yet it must last for years.
Technology
Tribologists study lubrication at the atomic scale, watching how a single layer of oil keeps two metal surfaces apart.
Science
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