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TRIBOLOGIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tribologist mean?
• TRIBOLOGIST (noun)
The noun TRIBOLOGIST has 1 sense:
1. a specialist in tribology
Familiarity information: TRIBOLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A specialist in tribology
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("tribologist" is a kind of...):
mechanical engineer (a person trained to design and construct machines)
Derivation:
tribology (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)
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