ball bearing
noun
: a bearing in which the journal turns upon loose hardened steel balls that roll easily in a race
also
: one of the balls in such a bearing
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Photograph: Getty Images The basic machine for grinding a steel ball bearing has been the same since around 1900, but manufacturers have been steadily automating everything around it.
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Russell Brandom, WIRED, 24 Feb. 2025
Hassan would allegedly send the informant links for purchasing firearms and ball bearings for bombs, instructing him to pay in cryptocurrency.
—Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
The clasp also incorporates ceramic ball bearings for a smooth and secure closure.
—Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
One was made by sliding a ring cut from a plastic bottle around an RPG warhead, filling this makeshift collar with quarter-inch stainless-steel ball bearings and sealing them against the warhead’s sheath with an electric heat gun.
—C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Russell Brandom, WIRED, 24 Feb. 2025
Hassan would allegedly send the informant links for purchasing firearms and ball bearings for bombs, instructing him to pay in cryptocurrency.
—Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
The clasp also incorporates ceramic ball bearings for a smooth and secure closure.
—Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
One was made by sliding a ring cut from a plastic bottle around an RPG warhead, filling this makeshift collar with quarter-inch stainless-steel ball bearings and sealing them against the warhead’s sheath with an electric heat gun.
—C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Ball bearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ball%20bearing. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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