rolling contact

noun

Any contact between rotating bodies such that the relative velocity of the two contacting surfaces is zero at the point of contact.

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Meanings

nounrolling contact (plural rolling contacts)

plural rolling contacts

  1. Any contact between rotating bodies such that the relative velocity of the two contacting surfaces is zero at the point of contact.
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