"roller bearing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: roller bearings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} roller bearing (plural roller bearings)
  1. A bearing in which the load is carried by round (e.g. cylindrical or spherical) elements (rollers). Related terms: rollered [adjective], roller table, ball bearing Coordinate_terms: ball bearing Translations (type of bearing): vierintälaakeri (Finnish), rullalaakeri (Finnish), ро́ликовый подши́пник (rólikovyj podšípnik) [masculine] (Russian), rullager (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-roller_bearing-en-noun-BAMav58g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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