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BOLAS RODAMIENTO [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bearings and Bearing Systems (Mechanical Components)
DEF

A bearing in which the parts are separated by a ring of small, freely rotating, uniform metal balls, used especially for rotating axles and shafts.

CONT

Ball-bearings are generally employed where it is desirable to reduce friction to a minimum or where bearings must attain high speed.

OBS

Cycling and roller sports term.

OBS

ball bearing: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

OBS

ball bearing; ball-bearing: terms often used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • ball bearings

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paliers, coussinets et roulements (Composants mécaniques)
DEF

Mécanisme destiné à diminuer les frottements entre des pièces roulant l'une sur l'autre, formé de billes d'acier insérées entre les organes flottants.

OBS

roulement à billes : terme uniformisé par le Canadien National (CN) et par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

OBS

roulement à billes : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cojinetes y sistemas de cojinetes (Componentes mecánicos)
DEF

Dispositivo anular interpuesto entre un árbol y su cojinete merced al cual el rozamiento entre ambos se reduce a una rodadura de bolas o de rodillos.

OBS

Términos de ciclismo y deportes de patines sobre ruedas.

OBS

Términos frecuentemente utilizados en plural.

Key term(s)
  • bolas de rodamiento
  • rodamientos
  • cojinetes de bolas
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