Tim Jackson

There is a real fear around shifting from our existing economic system because people believe it gives us social organisation, a sense of freedom, and the ability to be nice to each other. Growth is seen as a social lubricant that allows us to be socially responsible.

British Economist

Charles Leclerc

Before arriving at Ferrari, I had no idea how important it is for a Formula 1 team to be successful to have a successful relationship with their fuel and lubricants partner.

Driver

Clay Clark

Humor can prove to be the conversational lubricant you need to remove the tension from the most unpleasant management- and accountability-related conversations.

American Businessman

Nicholas Kristof

A basic element of the American dream is equal access to education as the lubricant of social and economic mobility.

American Journalist

Julie Brown

I got confused. I thought it was a K.Y. scare, so I bought 2000 jars of personal lubricant. I still have some.

American Actress

Steve Allen

Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.

American Entertainer

John Cullum

Advertising is a wonderful lubricant for business, if it's used properly.

American Actor

Use 'lubricant' in mechanical or technical discussions where friction is a concern.

Technical Context

'Lubricant' does not only refer to oil; it includes any substance that lubricates.

Not Always Oil

A lubricant can be liquid, semi-liquid, or solid depending on its application.

Physical Properties

'Lubricant' is used metaphorically to describe that which makes a situation less tense.

Abstract Concept

Use 'lubricant' figuratively to suggest something makes social interactions smoother.

Social Ease

'Lubricant' sometimes indicates a means to ease emotional or psychological strain.

Emotional Relief

 Turns out, we're not exactly sure what happens in this scenario. One possibility is that the tomato particles near the walls of the container slowly get bumped towards the middle, leaving the soup they were dissolved in, which remember is basically water, near the edges. That water serves as a lubricant betwen the glass bottle

Why is ketchup so hard...

 Friction is the force that opposes motion. Wear is the loss or transfer of material. It's the reason you have to replace your favorite shoes, because eventually the soles disappear. Lubricants are used to reduce friction and wear. They loosen up those stubborn rusted bolts that just otherwise will not budge.

The science of friction...

 emperor penguins released millions of micro bubbles around their entire body as they raced to exit the surface and it acted like a lubricant to reduce the friction and the drag around their body so they could increase speed to exit the water to a gain height but more importantly to avoid the predation of

Paul Nicklen: Emperors...

 I'm not kidding. Here's how it works. First, scientists dissolve boiled egg whites in water with a chemical called urea, a small molecule that acts as a lubricant, coating the proteins' long strands and making it easier for them to glide past each other. Then, they spin that solution in a glass tube

How to unboil an egg -...

 is the socioeconomic lubricant that makes collaborative consumption work and scale, but the sources it will be generated from, and its applications, are far bigger than this space alone. Let me give you one example from the world of recruiting, where reputation data will make the résumé seem

Rachel Botsman: The...

 Science-taught, let's see if our team of want-to-be record breakers have learned. He's practicing the science with a man-made kind of waterfall, but the law of gravity is the same. The thin layer of water acting as a lubricant combined with the steep angle allows gravity to do its thing.

Kayaking Over a...

 conditioners that's actually the easy part because kapralos glycol glycerin isopropyl myristate and tocopherol acetate which by the way is chemically very similar to vitamin E are all pretty widely used in cosmetics as lubricants or thickeners or humectants which help

What's in Hand...

 so doesn't kind of wake up she's a big boy yesterday there you go that one we're putting the lubricant in her eyes because in under this anesthesia her eyes will stay open so he's mainly for protection and to keep them nice and moist perfect the hood will help to

Taking DNA from a...

 whether I'm seeing paracetamol or something more sinister, forensically speaking. We applied this technology to the evidence that we have and we found the presence of condom lubricants.

Your fingerprints reveal...

 Enter ATP, and another chemical called nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, or just NADPH. ATP, working like a lubricant, delivers energy,