Sentences with phrase «as lubricants between»

In essence, the fluids can act as lubricants between two abutting rock faces, helping them to suddenly slip along the boundary.

He added that studies showed that melt water had been penetrating the glaciers and was acting as a lubricant between the ice and the base rock.

Mechanism of action: Hyaluronic Acid enhances skin moisture (hydration) and functions as a lubricant between the collagen matrix of the skin.

This water then serves as a lubricant between the glacier and the earth underneath it, allowing the glacier to shift to lower, warmer altitudes where more melt would occur.

Not exact matches

The cartilage found at the ends of long bones and between the spinal discs contains high percentage of water, which serves as a lubricant during the movement of the joint.

While the gallery clearly prods us to view the latter as providing the exhibition's heft, the lighter pieces hung in the hallway hint at what the leaden centerpieces lack; namely, the lubricant image play that gives rise to slipperiness of meaning — between personal memory and collective history, perhaps — that has animated Bailey's art in the past.

Des - Case Corporation has launched a new line of desiccant breathers called Extended Series — aptly named, as the breathers will help companies extend the life of their lubricants, the life of their equipment, the amount of time between maintenance intervals and, most importantly, maintenance...