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microtribology en · NOUN

Etymology

From micro- + tribology.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The branch of tribology that studies interactions between very small surfaces.
   • The division of the tribology science into macrotribology (considering macrotribological systems) and microtribology is therefore proposed in Fig. 1. 2012, H.-J. Güntherodt, Forces in Scanning Probe Methods, page 398:

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