molybdenum disulphide
(US molybdenum disulfide) Chemistry
noun
A sulphide of molybdenum, MoS2, which occurs naturally as molybdenite and is used as a dry lubricant.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Henry Roscoe (1833–1915), chemist and university administrator.
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