babbitt metal

Etymology
After American inventor (1799–1862) who invented the alloy.

Noun

 * 1) A soft white alloy of variable composition (for example, nine parts of tin to one of copper, or fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction.

Translations

 * Finnish: valkometalli
 * German: Lagermetall
 * Swedish: