ball bearing

See also: ballbearing

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Noun

ball bearing (plural ball bearings)

  2. (engineering) A bearing assembly which uses spherical bearing balls as the rolling elements.
    Hypernyms: roller bearing (broad sense) < bearing < component, part
    Coordinate term: roller bearing (narrow sense)
  4. (loosely, often) An individual spherical ball, usually made of steel or other hard material, suitable for use in a ball-based rolling element bearing.
    Synonyms: ball, (precise usage) bearing ball

Derived terms

  • ball bearing retainer
  • caged ball bearing

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