olivite
nounEtymology From olive + -ite.
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olivin
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A tough rubber compound that becomes very slippery when wet.
- The "olivite rubber" is claimed to show a lower coefficient of friction on its wetted surface than on any oiled babbitted surface . Therefore an "olivite" rubber bearing lubricated by water offers less frictional resistance than the metal bearing lubricated by grease and oil.1923, “Rubber Surfaced Bearings for Propellor Shafts of Small Craft”, in Rubber Journal, volume 66, page 7:
- The secret of the cutless bearing is in its inner surface of grooved olivite rubber.1923 November, Marine Engineering Log, volume 28:
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- Wood, various kinds of rubber, "olivite," and mastic have been employed in contact with the liquors.1928, G.L. Oldright, H.E. Keyes, Virgil Miller, W.A. Sloan, “Precipitation of Lead And Copper from Solution on Sponge Iron”, in Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Commerce, number 281, page 56: