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# How to pronounce "tribol" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/trɪbɒl/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **tri·bol**

## Meaning & Usage

### NOUN
- A particular steroid glycoside.

### Example Sentences
- "Tribology has given me amazing projects."
- "Tribology is the study of friction, wear and lubrication."

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "tribol" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "but I promise you, discovering it changes your experience with the physical world. Tribology has given me amazing projects. I've worked on materials that fly, and I've worked on dog food -- a combination that doesn't sound like one person has any business doing"
- **Watch at 0:43**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCucggordMM&t=43s)

### Example 2
> "And I think you'll be surprised at how significant a little bit of tribology can be in alleviating some very large problems. Tribology is the study of friction, wear and lubrication. You have all experienced all three of these things."
- **Watch at 1:09**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCucggordMM&t=69s)

### Example 3
> "You're actively monitoring the wear of your tires. Tribology is the study of wear and friction, and with tires, friction can be the difference between a safe arrival and a car accident. This is because the friction between your tires and the road will influence your acceleration, your deceleration and your stopping distance."
- **Watch at 8:25**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCucggordMM&t=505s)

### Example 4
> "Even the smallest improvements really add up. Tribology may be a funny-sounding word, but it has a huge impact on our world. Thank you."
- **Watch at 11:33**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCucggordMM&t=693s)

### Example 5
> "at every level to monitor the safety of their floors and solve the hazard problem if they detected one. Triboluminescence is a phenomenon that describes the spark of light that's created by friction. A tribometer is a instrument that's used to measure friction. These tend to look like car battery-type boxes."
- **Watch at 5:25**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYtXzCr15Jk&t=325s)

### Example 6
*Accent: US*
> "Triboluminescence, also called mechanoluminescence, is the release of some sort of light from some sort of crystal because of some sort of physical stress."
- **Watch at 0:34**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hny5cJVNbrk&t=34s)

### Example 7
*Accent: US*
> "Triboluminescence is already all over the place, in the sense that it occurs in a good fraction of the crystals where scientists have looked for it."
- **Watch at 4:26**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hny5cJVNbrk&t=266s)

### Example 8
> "course tribology the nature of grease and oil and so forth in these environments is very relevant uh"
- **Watch at 35:13**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To9cQSa03so&t=2113s)

### Example 9
> "They loosen up those stubborn rusted bolts that just otherwise will not budge. But tribology is also defined as the science of interacting surfaces in relative motion. So, interacting surfaces in relative motion: there are a lot of those in the world."
- **Watch at 1:43**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCucggordMM&t=103s)

### Example 10
> "Even the smallest shift in your seat involves two surfaces moving relative to each other. And your tribological interaction for the shift will be different than the person next to you. This is because the clothes you're wearing change the friction between you and the seat."
- **Watch at 2:10**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCucggordMM&t=130s)


## How to Pronounce "tribol"

- **Syllables**: tri · bol
- **IPA**: `/trɪbɒl/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “tribol”?
“tribol” is pronounced /trɪbɒl/ (tri · bol). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “tribol”?
“tribol” has 2 syllables: tri · bol.

### What does “tribol” mean?
A particular steroid glycoside.

### How can I hear “tribol” used in real sentences?
This page has 15 real-world video examples of “tribol” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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