TRIBOLOGIST

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A specialist in tribology

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("tribologist" is a kind of...):

mechanical engineer (a person trained to design and construct machines)

Derivation:

tribology (the branch of engineering that deals with the interaction of surfaces in relative motion (as in bearings or gears): their design and friction and wear and lubrication)

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