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Let $H$ be a representative positive gap thickness and setthe larger-order horizontal speed after including the squeeze-induced flux. The lubrication-limit scaling for a moving thin gap requiresEquivalently, the inertial condition containsThe gap must also remain open, $h(x)>0$. These conditions make streamwise derivatives small relative to transverse derivatives, keep the pressure uniform across the gap to leading order, and reduce the Navier-Stokes equation to Stokes flow locally.