babbitt metal

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Noun babbitt metal has 1 sense

babbitt metal(n = noun.substance) babbitt - an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; a lining for bearings that reduces friction; Array

is a kind of alloy, metal

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babbitt metal, [From the inventor, Isaac Babbitt of Massachusetts.].

A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction. [1913 Webster]

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