babbitt metal

bab·bitt metal  (bbt)

n.

Any of several soft, silvery antifriction alloys composed of tin usually with small amounts of copper and antimony.

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[After Isaac Babbitt (1799-1862), American inventor who patented such an alloy.]

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Babbitt metal

n

(Engineering / Metallurgy) any of a number of alloys originally based on tin, antimony, and copper but now often including lead: used esp in bearings Sometimes shortened to Babbitt

[named after Isaac Babbitt (1799-1862), American inventor]

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Babbitt metal - an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; a lining for bearings that reduces friction babbitt alloy, metal - a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten; "brass is an alloy of zinc and copper"