Sentences with phrase «as a lubricant over»

A mature channel system would successfully remove the meltwater, instead of having the meltwater fill the channels and spread out as a lubricant over more of the glacier bed.

Not exact matches

SLIPS's thin layer of liquid lubricant allows liquids to flow easily over the surface, much as a thin layer of water in an ice rink helps an ice skater glide.

Very little lubricant is used as the pressure doesn't travel much over the skin.

Here's a neat piece of inside info: I have heard from a number of reliable sources over the years that when a woman uses natural progesterone cream as a vaginal lubricant during intercourse, it can increase the intensity of her (male) partner's orgasm.

• NGK does not recommend the application of lubricant to spark plug threads as the resultant reduction of frictional forces at the thread faces will render the torque charts inaccurate and over tightening could occur

Now, as you can imagine, the fluid within the differential can get very hot, which causes it to break down over time, reducing its ability to serve as a lubricant.