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• Babbitt metal — Babbitt metal, also called white metal, is an alloy used to provide the bearing surface in a plain bearing. It was invented in 1839 by Isaac Babbitt [The Timetables of Science|pages=305] in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA. The term is used today to… …   Wikipedia

• Babbitt —    , BABBITT METAL    A tin based alloy, called babbitt metal, was invented by Isaac Babbitt in 1839. The metal, composed of a soft, silver white alloy of copper, tin, and antimony, is widely used for bearings to reduce friction. For this… …   Dictionary of eponyms

• Babbitt — may refer to: Fiction*Babbitt (novel) is a 1922 novel by Sinclair Lewis.:*It is also the title of the two films based on the novel, Babbitt (1924 film) and Babbitt (1934 film) * Babbit is the family name of the title character of Runny Babbit , a …   Wikipedia

• babbitt — ☆ babbitt1 [bab′it ] n. Babbitt metal vt. to line or cover with Babbitt metal ☆ babbitt2 or Babbitt [bab′it ] n. [after George Babbitt, title character of a satirical novel (1922) by Sinclair Lewis] a smugly narrow and conventional person… …   English World dictionary

• Babbitt metal — ☆ Babbitt metal n. [after Isaac Babbitt (1799 1862), U.S. inventor] a soft white metal of tin, lead, copper, and antimony in various proportions, used to reduce friction as in bearings …   English World dictionary

• Babbitt metal — Bab bitt met al [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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Babbitt metal — Babbitt metal. См. Баббит. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

• Babbitt — Bab bitt, v. t. To line with Babbitt metal. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Babbitt metal — noun an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; a lining for bearings that reduces friction • Syn: ↑babbitt • Derivationally related forms: ↑babbitt (for: ↑babbitt) • Hypernyms: ↑alloy, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• babbitt — /bab it/, n. 1. See Babbitt metal. 2. a bearing or lining of Babbitt metal. adj. 3. pertaining to or made of Babbitt metal. v.t. 4. to line, face, or furnish with Babbitt metal. [1900 05; short for BABBITT METAL] * * * …   Universalium