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antifriction metal

/ ˌæԳɪˈڰɪʃə /

noun

  1. another name for white metal
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Antifriction Metal, a name given to various alloys of tin, zinc, copper, antimony, lead, &c., which oppose little resistance to motion, with great resistance to the effects of friction, so far as concerns the wearing away of the surfaces of contact.

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The big lead wheel, with the bearings of antifriction metal, was spinning around swiftly and noiselessly.

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