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Definition of Bearings
1. bearing [n] - See also: bearing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bearings
Literary usage of Bearings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science and Literature in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by P. L. Jacob (1878)
"The fabled Origin of Armorial bearings.—Heraldic Science during the Feudal
Period.—The First Armorial bearings in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries. ..."
2. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1909)
"Progress with Ball and Roller bearings. SS Eveland and Henry Hess. ... Illustrates
and describes how Chapman bearings are produced by specialized tools, ..."
3. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1908)
"CALCULATING ANGLES FROM bearings. — In calculating the angle between two lines
it is necessary only to remember that the bearing is in all cases reckoned ..."
4. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"All six pinion bearings are of the same pattern, being made of cast steel with
three- fourths ... The bottom bearings rest flat on the housing sill liners, ..."
5. Elements of Machine Design by Oscar Adolph Leutwiler (1917)
"The sliding bearings in common use in machinery are of three types. ... In the
more common form of journal bearings, the journal rotates inside of a fixed ..."
6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"A dash provided with bearings having Blots or openings, substantially as and ...
A dash frame provided with bearings, arranged to strengthen the frame in ..."
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