ʻO ka lubricant kahi mea i hoʻokomo ʻia e hōʻemi i ka friction ma waena o nā ʻili i ka launa pū ʻana, kahi e hoʻemi ai i ka wela i hana ʻia ke neʻe nā ʻili.
Loaʻa iā ia ka hana o ka hoʻouna ʻana i nā ikaika, ka lawe ʻana i nā mea ʻē aʻe, a i ʻole ka hoʻomehana ʻana a i ʻole ka hoʻoluʻu ʻana i nā ʻili.
ʻO ka waiwai o ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka friction i kapa ʻia ʻo lubricity. Ma waho aʻe o nā noi ʻoihana, hoʻohana ʻia nā lubricants no nā kumu ʻē aʻe.
Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia nā lubricants no ka hana ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana laka i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e neʻe me ka manuahi e like me ka laʻana, a i ʻole e hōʻoia i ka holo ʻana o nā wili me ka ʻole o ka hakakā ʻana ma nā ala.
ʻO wau ʻo Joost Nusselder, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ke Kauka Mea Hana, mea kūʻai maʻiʻo, a me ka makuakāne. Makemake au i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā mea hana hou, a me kaʻu hui ua hana au i nā ʻatikala blog hohonu mai ka makahiki 2016 e kōkua i ka poʻe heluhelu kūpaʻa me nā mea hana a me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo.
