babbitt metal

Meaning

Noun

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.

Origin

From Babbitt, the surname of the American inventor Isaac Babbitt (1799–1862) who invented the alloy.

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