[ad. F. tribomètre, f. as prec. + -mètre, -METER.] An instrument for estimating sliding friction.
a. 1774. Goldsm., Surv. Exp. Philos. (1776), I. 293. He [Muschenbrook] calls it a Tribometre, a name compounded ungrammatically enough, but it means a measurer of friction.
1870. C. Draper, in Eng. Mech., 28 Jan., 478/3. This apparatus [a loaded beam of wood] is called a tribometer.
1877. Knight, Dict. Mech., Tribometer, an apparatus resembling a sled, used in estimating the friction of rubbing surfaces.
