ALL meanings of ball bearing
ball bear·ing
B b - countable noun ball bearing Ball bearings are small metal balls placed between the moving parts of a machine to make the parts move smoothly. 3
- noun ball bearing a bearing consisting of a number of hard steel balls rolling between a metal sleeve fitted over the rotating shaft and an outer sleeve held in the bearing housing, so reducing friction between moving parts while providing support for the shaft 3
- noun ball bearing a metal ball, esp one used in such a bearing 3
- noun ball bearing a bearing in which the moving parts revolve or slide on freely rolling metal balls so that friction is reduced 3
- noun ball bearing any of such metal balls 3
- noun ball bearing A ball bearing is a bearing containing hard steel balls. 3
- noun ball bearing a bearing consisting of a number of hard balls running in grooves in the surfaces of two concentric rings, one of which is mounted on a rotating or oscillating shaft or the like. 1
- noun ball bearing any of the balls so used. 1
- noun ball bearing metal bearing with ball 1
- noun ball bearing metal ball in bearing 1
- noun ball bearing In engineering, a bearing assembly which uses spherical bearing balls as the rolling elements. 0
- noun ball bearing In common usage, an individual spherical ball, usually made of steel or other hard material, suitable for use in a ball-based rolling element bearing. 0