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babbitt metals

babbitt metals is the plural of babbitt metal.

Meaning of babbitt metal

Noun

babbitt metal (countable and uncountable, plural babbitt metals)

  1. A soft white alloy of variable composition (for example, nine parts of tin to one of copper, or fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction.
    • An elaborate test of six samples of babbitt metals was recently made in England by a Professor of Engineering, assisted by a metallurgist, which was published by a prominent engineering journal occupying six columns with charts, tables and photographs.1911, “Testing Babbitt Metals”, in The International Steam Engineer, volume 19, page 400
    Synonyms:
    babbitt

Noun capitalized: Babbitt metals

Babbitt metals

  1. (plural) plural of Babbitt metal

Questions about babbitt metals

What is babbitt metals the plural of?
Babbitt metals is the plural of babbitt metal.
What part of speech is babbitt metals?
Babbitt metals is a noun.

Words near babbitt metals in the dictionary

  1. babbiting
  2. babbitry
  3. babbits
  4. babbitt
  5. babbitt metal
  6. babbitt metals
  7. Babbitt's metal
  8. Babbitt's metals
  9. babbitted
  10. babbitter
  11. babbitters

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