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prettygoodwordtribology (tray-BOL-uh-jee) - n., the study of friction, lubrication, and wear between moving surfaces.
Where there are two moving pieces that touch, there goes the tribologist. Materials science ho! With a side-order of mechanical engineering, of course. Coined around 1965 from Greek roots tribos, participle of tribein, to rub + -ology, study of.
---L.
Where there are two moving pieces that touch, there goes the tribologist. Materials science ho! With a side-order of mechanical engineering, of course. Coined around 1965 from Greek roots tribos, participle of tribein, to rub + -ology, study of.
---L.
