microtribology

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ tribology

Noun

microtribology (uncountable)

1. The branch of tribology that studies interactions between very small surfaces.
   • 2012, H.-J. Güntherodt, Forces in Scanning Probe Methods, page 398:

     The division of the tribology science into macrotribology (considering macrotribological systems) and microtribology is therefore proposed in Fig. 1.

Related terms

• microtribological