Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The cup, track, or groove in which the balls of a ball-bearing run.
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Examples
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Ted was working in a garage through the summer vacation, and he related his daily triumphs: how he had found a cracked ball-race, what he had said to the Old Grouch, what he had said to the foreman about the future of wireless telephony.
Babbit 2004
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Ted was working in a garage through the summer vacation, and he related his daily triumphs: how he had found a cracked ball-race, what he had said to the Old Grouch, what he had said to the foreman about the future of wireless telephony.
Chapter 23 1922
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Ted was working in a garage through the summer vacation, and he related his daily triumphs: how he had found a cracked ball-race, what he had said to the Old Grouch, what he had said to the foreman about the future of wireless telephony.
Babbitt 1922
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Ted was working in a garage through the summer vacation, and he related his daily triumphs: how he had found a cracked ball-race, what he had said to the Old Grouch, what he had said to the foreman about the future of wireless telephony.
Babbitt Sinclair Lewis 1918
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Please note that a ball-race unit is capable of higher shaft speeds than a tapered roller unit.
unknown title 2008
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