babbitt

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vaytmetal
buna benzer herhangi bir alaşım
babbitt bearings bu maden ile yapılan mil yatağ
mil yataklarında kullanılan bir alaşım
English - English
A person who subscribes complacently to materialistic middle-class ideals

In this sense Harding was a Babbitt. Intellectuals and journalists rejected Harding as being as empty as the Sinclair Lewis character.

To line with babbitt metal to reduce friction
Babbitt metal
{i} family name; Milton Byron Babbitt (born 1916), U.S. composer; classic novel by Sinclair Lewis that was published in 1922; George F. Babbitt, principal character from the novel by Sinclair Lewis "Babbitt"; city in Minnesota (USA)
American humanist and scholar whose New Humanism movement sought to revive interest in classical virtues in literary criticism. American composer whose works, including Vision and Prayer (1961) for soprano and synthesizer, combine serial music and electronic effects. a book by Sinclair Lewis about a businessman called George Babbitt who lives in a small US town. People think he is a boring man, because he thinks only about his own business and his position in local society, and he is not interested in other things in life
an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; an anti-friction lining for bearings
{f} line with Babbitt metal
A soft, white, non-ferrous alloy bearing material composed principally of copper, antimony, tin and lead
line with a Babbitt metal
To line with Babbitt metal

Related Terms

babbitt metal
A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction
babbitt metals
plural form of babbitt metal
babbitt metal
an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; an anti-friction lining for bearings
Milton Babbitt
born May 10, 1916, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. U.S. composer. At Princeton University he studied with composer Roger Sessions and later joined the faculty. He became one of the first U.S. 12-tone composers, and he was (with his Three Compositions for Piano, 1947) perhaps the first composer to write totally serialized music based on ordered structures not only of pitch but of elements such as rhythm and dynamics. The first composer to work with RCA's Mark II synthesizer, he became one of the first Americans to write electronically synthesized music. He wrote various pieces combining live performers and tape
Milton Byron Babbitt
{i} (born 1916) U.S. composer
Milton Byron Babbitt
born May 10, 1916, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. U.S. composer. At Princeton University he studied with composer Roger Sessions and later joined the faculty. He became one of the first U.S. 12-tone composers, and he was (with his Three Compositions for Piano, 1947) perhaps the first composer to write totally serialized music based on ordered structures not only of pitch but of elements such as rhythm and dynamics. The first composer to work with RCA's Mark II synthesizer, he became one of the first Americans to write electronically synthesized music. He wrote various pieces combining live performers and tape
babbitted
past of babbitt
babbitt

    Hyphenation

    bab·bitt

    Turkish pronunciation

    bäbît

    Pronunciation

    /ˈbabət/ /ˈbæbɪt/

    Etymology

    () Named after the title character in Sinclair Lewis' 1922 novel, Babbit. Also popularised by the George and Ira Gershwin song "The Babbitt and the Bromide," featured first in the 1927 musical "Funny Face" and later in the film Ziegfeld Follies (1945).
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