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Definition: Tribology |
TribologyNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tribology" was first used: 1965. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mechanical Engineering | The study of problems associated with friction and war in machine components. The National Centre of Tribology(N. C. T. )was set up in January 1968 at Risley. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | A word designating the study of wear and tear due to friction(from tribos, rubbing); In surgery, study and replacement of diseased joints; In mechanics, study and correction of friction wear at all rubbing interfaces, such as brakes, bearings. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Crosswords: Tribology |
| English words defined with "tribology": tribologist. (references) |
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| "Tribology" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tribology" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
tribology | 49 |
journal tribology | 2 |
abrasive tribology wear | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "tribology"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Turkish | sürtünme bilgisi. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | tribos. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-g-i-l-o-o-r-t-y" | |
-2 letters: bigotry, biology, obligor, trilogy. | |
-3 letters: gorily, trigly, trilby. | |
-4 letters: bigly, bigot, bilgy, boogy, booty, borty, broil, girly, glory, griot, igloo, lirot, logoi, looby, oboli, ology, orbit, robot, roily, rooty, trigo, triol. | |
-5 letters: birl, blot, bogy, boil, bolo, bolt, boor, boot, bort, boyo, brig, brio, brit, broo, byrl, gilt, girl, giro, girt, glib, glob, gobo. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-g-i-l-o-o-r-t-y" | |
+1 letter: bryologist, obligatory. | |
+2 letters: bryologists. | |
+3 letters: astrobiology, bacteriology, embryologist, obligatorily. | |
+4 letters: cryobiologist, embryologists, nonobligatory, thyroglobulin. | |
+5 letters: biometeorology, cryobiologists, hydrobiologist, thyroglobulins. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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