nonabradable

English

Etymology

From 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].