Babbitt metal

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Etymology

Named after inventor Isaac Babbitt.

Noun

Babbitt metal (plural Babbitt metals)

1. 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.

See also

• white metal

References

• Babbitt metal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913