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[n]
▶ steel ball ▶ bearing ball |
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| 2. | A 2018-05-23 03:55:53 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | Kagaku & Denshi glossaries too. Lots of WWW images. |
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| 1. | A* 2018-05-23 02:17:45 Brian Kurkoski <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | ALC lists only steel ball; steel sphere |
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| Comments: | Reference to the balls used in ball bearings, e.g. in bicycle wheels. Common use in US English seems to be bearing ball, four times on Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_bearing https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?&field-keywords=bearing+balls+bicycle Common use in Japanese seems to be 鋼球. Japan Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.jp/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?field-keywords=鋼球+自転車 Same thing should have same name. Entry modified from WI1/RH |
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