lubricity

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  1. noun The quality or condition of being lubricious.

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  • The improved lubricity of their proprietary coating also reduces wear on the inner radius of fastener loops, extending overall splice live and increasing conveyor uptime ....
  • "One percent of biodiesel adds 30 percent lubricity, which makes an engine run better," he said. —  TimesArgus.com: Sports
  • The fuel also contained fluorocarbons to increase its lubricity, an oxidizing agent to enable it to burn in the engines, and even a cesium compound, —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Ethanol has less lubricity (slipperyness) than gasoline. —  Latest Articles
  • But if you would confine yourself to the region of lubricity, recollect that our first parents went naked till the serpent tempted them, and then they wore aprons. —  Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer
 

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  1. Late Latin lūbricitās, slipperiness, from Latin lūbricus, slippery; see sleubh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French lubricité = Spanish lubricidad = Portuguese lubricidade = Italian lubricità, slipperiness, lasciviousness, from Middle Latin lubricita(t-)s, slipperiness, from Latin lubricus, slippery: see lubric.
 

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