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LUBRICANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery
Synonyms:
lube; lubricant; lubricating substance; lubricator
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lubricant" is a kind of...):
substance (a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lubricant"):
drilling fluid; drilling mud (a mixture of clays and chemicals and water; pumped down the drill pipe to lubricate and cool the drilling bit and to flush out the cuttings and to strengthen the sides of the hole)
motor oil (oil used to lubricate the moving parts of a motor)
Derivation:
lubricate (make slippery or smooth through the application of a lubricant)
lubricate (apply a lubricant to)
lubricate (have lubricating properties)
Context examples:
Mineral oil is used in laxatives, lubricants, creams, and lotions.
(Mineral oil, NCI Dictionary)
It is used as gasoline and lubricant additive, antioxidant, and stabilizer for industry materials.
(N-Nitrosodiethylamine, NCI Thesaurus)
A device problem that occurred because of the presence of either too much or too little lubricant where required (e.g., connectors, leading to failure mechanisms such as corrosion).
(Device Lubrication Problem Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)
Cadmium chloride is used in electroplating, printing, photocopying, dyeing, mirrors, vacuum tubes, lubricants, analytical chemistry and as a chemical intermediate to produce cadmium containing pigments and stabilizers.
(Cadmium Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)
Danthron has been widely used as a laxative, but is no longer used to treat constipation and is currently used as an antioxidant in synthetic lubricants, in the synthesis of experimental antitumor agents, as a fungicide and as an intermediate for making dyes.
(Danthron, NCI Thesaurus)
A team at the University of Cambridge has shown how, in osteoarthritis patients, the viscous lubricant that ordinarily allows our joints to move smoothly triggers a pain response from nerve cells similar to that caused by chilli peppers.
(Joint lubricating fluid plays key role in osteoarthritic pain, University of Cambridge)
