nonabradable

English

Etymology

non- +‎ abradable

Adjective

nonabradable (not comparable)

  1. Not abradable.
    • 1980, Robert C. Bill, Preliminary Study of Methods for Providing Thermal Shock Resistance to Plasma-Sprayed Ceramic Gas-Path Seals, page 1:
      They are generally nonabradable, so that rubs result in blade tip wear; and this further aggravates the blade tip clearance problem.
    • 1986, Harold E. Helms, Ceramic Applications in Turbine Engines, page 154:
      The acceleration is not shown because the nonabradable shroud peak stress occurred during deceleration.
    • 2012, E. Morscher, Endoprosthetics, page 159:
      In their view, theoretically at least there is a case for using a flexible but nonabradable surface to interface with bone at the acetabulum [71, 181].
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