lubricity

  • 11lubricity — noun (plural ties) Date: 15th century the property or state of being lubricious; also the capacity for reducing friction …

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  • 12lubricity — lu·bric·i·ty || luː brɪsÉ™tɪ n. slipperiness, greasiness; instability; wantonness; crudeness; lasciviousness …

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  • 13lubricity — n. 1. Smoothness, slipperiness. 2. Instability, uncertainty, unsteadiness, slipperiness. 3. Lasciviousness, lewdness, lechery, incontinency, licentiousness …

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  • 14lubricity — n 1. oiliness, slipperiness, greasiness, slitheriness; smoothness, sleekness, glassiness, glossiness, skiddiness, iciness; soapiness, waxiness, butteriness, unctuousness, oleaginousness, mucosity. 2. instability, unsteadiness, inconstancy,… …

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  • 15lubricity — lu·bric·i·ty …

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  • 16lubricity — lu•bric•i•ty [[t]luˈbrɪs ɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) oily smoothness; slipperiness 2) ability to reduce friction 3) lewdness; lustfulness …

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  • 17lubricity — /luˈbrɪsəti/ (say looh brisuhtee) noun (plural lubricities) 1. slipperiness or oily smoothness of surface. 2. capacity for lubrication. 3. shiftiness. 4. lewdness. {Late Latin lūbricitas, from Latin lūbricus lubricous} …

  • 18lubricity —   n. slipperiness; wiliness; indecency;    ♦ lubricious, lubricous, a …

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  • 19lubricity — noun feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness • Syn: ↑prurience, ↑pruriency, ↑lasciviousness, ↑carnality • Derivationally related forms: ↑carnal (for: ↑carnality), ↑ …

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  • 20Lubricant — A lubricant is a substance introduced to reduce friction between moving surfaces. It may also have the function of transporting foreign particles and of distributing heat. The property of reducing friction is known as lubricity. A good lubricant… …

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