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tribometer|traɪˈbɒmɪtə(r)|
[ad. F. tribomètre, f. as prec. + -mètre, -meter.]
An instrument for estimating sliding friction.
a1774Goldsm. Surv. Exp. Philos. (1776) I. 293 He [Muschenbrook] calls it a Tribometre, a name compounded ungrammatically enough, but it means a measurer of friction. 1870C. Draper in Eng. Mech. 28 Jan. 478/3 This apparatus [a loaded beam of wood] is called a tribometer. 1877Knight Dict. Mech., Tribometer, an apparatus resembling a sled, used in estimating the friction of rubbing surfaces. |