babbitt metal

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noun babbitt metal any of a number of alloys originally based on tin, antimony, and copper but now often including lead: used esp in bearings 3
noun babbitt metal a soft white metal of tin, lead, copper, and antimony in various proportions, used to reduce friction as in bearings 3
noun babbitt metal any of various alloys of tin with smaller amounts of antimony and copper, used as an antifriction lining for bearings. 1
noun babbitt metal any of various similar alloys. 1
noun babbitt metal 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. 0

before 1870

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1870-75, Americanism; named after Isaac Babbitt (1799-1862), American inventor

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