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lubrication

Other forms: lubrications

When you grease the surface of something to make it move more smoothly and work better, you use lubrication. A bolt that's rusted in place might need some lubrication before being turned with a wrench.

Friction can keep motors from running, screws from budging, and bicycle wheels from turning properly — lubrication is a technique you can use to reduce friction. Lubrication involves the use of a lubricant, a slippery or greasy substance that eases the resistance of the two surfaces. The Latin root of lubrication is lubricus, or "slippery."

Definitions of lubrication
  1. noun
    the condition of having been made smooth or slippery by the application of a lubricant
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    type of:
    condition, status
    a state at a particular time
  2. noun
    an application of a lubricant to something
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    type of:
    application, coating, covering
    the work of applying something
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