babbitt
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noun- 1.
(abbreviation, alt of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)Ellipsis of babbitt metal or Babbitt metal (“a soft white alloy of variable composition used in bearings to diminish friction”).
Running while low on oil had galled the babbitt.
Đồng nghĩa: Babbitt's metal
- 2.
(US, alt of, dated)Alternative letter-case form of Babbitt (“a person who subscribes complacently to materialistic middle-class ideals”).
… a "babbitt" is a person full of self-confident bluster who is nevertheless a narrowminded philistine and a hypocrite.]
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To line (something) with babbitt metal to reduce friction.
The main bearings were babbitted and line-bored.
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The noun is derived from Babbitt, the surname of the American inventor Isaac Babbitt (1799–1862) who invented the alloy.