lubrication

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English lubricate

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English -ion

English lubrication

From lubricate + -ion.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌluː.bɹɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

lubrication (countable and uncountable, plural lubrications)

1. The application of a substance (lubricant) between moving surfaces in contact in order to reduce friction and minimize heating.

   Synonym: (obsolete) lubrifaction

   • 1951 March, “British Railways Standard "Britannia" Class 4-6-2 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 186:

     Valve and cylinder lubrication is by atomised oil delivered by mechanical lubricators.

Derived terms

• biolubrication
• lubricational
• lubrication payment
• overlubrication
• relubrication
• self-lubrication
• underlubrication
• vaginal lubrication

Related terms

• lubricate
• lubricant
• lubricity

Translations

application of a lubricant

• Arabic: تَشْحِيم m (tašḥīm), تَزْيِيت m (tazyīt)
• Bulgarian: смазване n (smazvane)
• Catalan: lubrificació f, lubricació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 润滑 (zh) (rùnhuá)

• Esperanto: lubrikado
• Estonian: määrimine
• Finnish: voitelu (fi)
• French: lubrification (fr) f
• Galician: lubricación (gl) f, lubrificación (gl) f
• German: Schmierung f
• Hindi: स्नेहन (hi) m (snehan)
• Italian: lubrificazione (it) f
• Macedonian: подмачкување n (podmačkuvanje)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: smøring (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: smørjing f

• Portuguese: lubrificação (pt) f
• Spanish: lubricación (es) f, lubrificación (es) f
• Swedish: smörjning (sv) c

See also

• tribology