Babbitt metal

Babbitt metal

n.

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

2. See white metal.

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

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Babbitt metal

n

(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

[C19: named after Isaac Babbitt (1799–1862), American inventor]

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Bab′bitt met`al

n.

any of various alloys of tin with smaller amounts of antimony and copper, used as an antifriction lining for bearings.

[1870–75; after Isaac Babbitt (1799–1862), U.S. inventor]

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Babbitt

A soft metal used as a bearing lining. It was usually a mixture of tin (fifty parts), antimony (five parts), and copper (one part).

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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"

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