Usually means: Small, spherical rollers reduce friction.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word ball bearings:

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  1. ball bearings: Merriam-Webster
  2. ball bearings: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ball bearings: Vocabulary.com
  4. ball-bearings, ball bearings: Wordnik
  5. ball bearings: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. Ball bearings: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  7. ball bearings: Wiktionary
  8. Ball bearings, ball bearings: Dictionary.com
  9. Ball bearings: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. ball bearings: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Ball bearings: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Ball bearings: Encyclopedia

(Note: See ball_bearing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (ball bearing)

noun:  (engineering) A bearing assembly which uses spherical bearing balls as the rolling elements.
noun:  (loosely, often) An individual spherical ball, usually made of steel or other hard material, suitable for use in a ball-based rolling element bearing.
▸ Also see ball_bearing


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