Antifriction
something that prevents or reduces ; lubricant.
tending to prevent or reduce .
Historical Examples
antifriction, an-ti-frik′shun, n. anything which prevents friction.
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) Various
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