lubrication

Example Sentences

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Methylsiloxanes added to lubricants are intended to assist with lubrication rather than combustion.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

Rich Walker, director of Shadow Robot, said creating a humanlike hand carries many difficulties, particularly when it comes to matching features such as skin that can repair itself and joints that provide their own lubrication.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025

But that inward gaze is less of a consideration than lubrication on the mechanics of getting Carol from Point A, i.e.

From Salon • Sep. 29, 2024

Rizzo and Trapelli are also working on using natural snail mucus in unconventional ways—their snail mucus extract has been used to produce eye drops that use snails’ natural lubrication to treat dry eye disease.

From National Geographic • Jan. 8, 2024

There was a smell of lubrication and lathed brass.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury