Here's Webster's Second Edition New World Dictionary definition: ball bearing 1. a bearing in which the moving parts revolve or slide on freely rolling metal balls so that friction is reduced 2. any of such metal balls
I think, however, that it would be more appropriate and descriptive to identify these objects by any of the following: BALL, BEARING (military form) BEARING BALL BALL BEARING BALL Ross ;) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 5:03 AM To: Cortland Richmond Cc: [email protected]; ieee pstc list Subject: Re: we need some information Just a litle pet hate of mine, but ball BEARINGS consist of both the races AND the STEEL BALL (or plastic sometimes) but that little round bit we all like to use as missiles or for the game of marbles is a BALL not a ball BEARING. ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected]
