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lubrication

process or technique employed to reduce friction between, and wear of one or both, surfaces in proximity and moving relative to each other, by interposing a substance called a lubricant in between them
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lubrication

Summary

lubrication ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (381 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • lubrication is a type of change[2].
  • lubrication is a type of process[3].
  • lubrication's Commons category is recorded as Lubrication[4].
  • lubrication's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lubrication[5].
  • lubrication's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6].
  • lubrication's uses is recorded as lubricant[7].
  • lubrication's studied by is recorded as tribology[8].
  • lubrication's has goal is recorded as sliding[9].
  • lubrication's has goal is recorded as reduction[10].
  • lubrication's class of object is recorded as physical interface[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include change[2] and process[3].

Why It Matters

lubrication ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (381 views/month).[1] lubrication has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] lubrication is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

tribology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_lubrication_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{lubrication}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/lubrication}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has goal → sliding, reduction
    Uses → —
    Aliases → —
    Uses → lubricant
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 8262, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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