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  • adjective Of or pertaining to tribology

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From tribology +‎ -ical.

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Examples

  • For other glass-glass tribological issues, you can also use almond oil an old trick of antique restorers.

    How To Separate Stuck Drinking Glasses | Lifehacker Australia 2010

  • Within a year, CETR started developing and manufacturing its own test equipment, and now is a worldwide leader in nano-mechanical and tribological test instrumentation, serving both basic materials research and industrial manufacturing in a wide range of fields, including the biomedical, petroleum, microelectronics, energy, and automotive markets.

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  • CETR products can perform multitudes of operations to characterize nano-, micro- and macro-mechanical and tribological properties under harsh environmental conditions high and low temperatures and humidity, vacuum, gases, etc., and have become the de facto standard for multiple industries and basic research around the world.

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  • Fraunhofer IST, which has expertise in developing tribological, optical, electronic, and sensor coatings, were in Sheffield to launch the research centre on July 6 and 7 this year.

    innovations-report 2010

  • In a mechanical design, a proper tribological approach must be taken to ensure safety, performance, and energy-efficient operation.

    Engineering Hardware-Software 2010

  • So, whether the goal is to reduce friction or enhance it, the proper combination of geometry, materials, and lubrication must be employed in a design-a proper tribological approach.

    Engineering Hardware-Software 2010

  • So whether the goal is to reduce friction or enhance it, the proper combination of geometry, materials, and lubrication must be employed in a design-that is, a proper tribological approach.

    Engineering Hardware-Software 2010

  • So whether the goal is to reduce friction or enhance it, the proper combination of geometry, materials and lubrication must be employed in a design, i.e., a proper tribological approach.

    Engineering Hardware-Software 2010

  • In a mechanical design, a proper tribological approach, i.e., geometry, materials and lubrication, must be taken to ensure safety, performance and energy-efficient operation

    Engineering Hardware-Software 2010

  • According to the conclusions of the work of the French group a combination of all these effects can explain the excellent tribological (friction and wear reduction) properties of NanoLub.

    Nano Tech Wire 2009

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