babbitt metal - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'babbitt metal' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.

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