bearing

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English

Ball bearing

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbɛəɹɪŋ(g)/, X-SAMPA: /"bE@rIN/
• (US) enPR: bâr'ĭng

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• Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ

Adjective

bearing (not comparable)

1. Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.

   That's a bearing wall.

Translations

carrying weight or load

• German: tragend (de)
• Russian: несущий (ru) (nesúščij)

• Spanish: de soporte, de apoyo

Derived terms

• -bearing

Noun

bearing (plural bearings)

1. A mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction.
2. (navigation, nautical) The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction.
3. Relevance; a relationship or connection.

   That has no bearing on this issue.

   • Alexander Pope

     But of this frame, the bearings and the ties, / The strong connections, nice dependencies.

4. One's posture, demeanor, or manner.

   She walks with a confident, self-assured bearing.

   • Shakespeare

     I know him by his bearing.

5. (in the plural) Direction or relative position.
6. (architecture) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports.

   A lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall.

7. (architecture) The portion of a support on which anything rests.
8. (architecture, proscribed) The unsupported span.

   The beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports.

9. (heraldry) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms.
   • Thackeray

     A carriage covered with armorial bearings.

Derived terms

terms derived from bearing

ball bearing find one’s bearings get one’s bearings inline bearing inline hockey bearing inline skate bearing, in-line skate bearing magnetic bearing

lose one’s bearings quad roller skate bearing roller bearing rollerblade bearing skate bearing skateboard bearing true bearing

Translations

mechanical device

• Bulgarian: лагер (bg) (láger) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 軸承 (cmn), 轴承 (cmn) (zhóuchéng)

• Czech: ložisko (cs) n
• Danish: leje (da)
• Dutch: lager (nl)
• Finnish: laakeri (fi)
• French: roulement (fr) m
• German: Lager (de) n
• Greek: ρουλεμάν (el) (roulemán) n, ρουλμάν (el) (roulmán) n
• Hungarian: csapágy (hu)

• Ido: soporto (io)
• Italian: cuscinetto (it)
• Japanese: 軸受 (ja) (じくうけ, jikuuke)
• Latvian: gultnis m
• Portuguese: rolamento (pt) m
• Russian: подшипник (ru) (podšípnik) m
• Serbo-Croatian: лежај (sh) m, ležaj (sh) m
• Slovak: ložisko (sk)
• Spanish: rodamiento (es) m (rolling bearing), (Mexico) balero (es) m, cojinete (es) m
• Swedish: lager (sv) n
• Ukrainian: підшипник (uk) (pidšýpnyk) m

nautical sense

• Bulgarian: пеленг (bg) (péleng) m, азимут (bg) (ázimut) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 方位 (cmn) (fāngwèi), 方向 (cmn) (fāngxiàng)

• Danish: pejling (da) c
• Dutch: peiling (nl)
• Finnish: (kompassi)suunta, suuntima (fi)
• French: azimut (fr) m

• German: Peilung (de) f
• Japanese: 方向 (ja) (ほうこう, hōkō), 方位 (ja) (ほうい, hōi)
• Russian: курс (ru) (kurs) m, азимут (ru) (ázimut) m, пеленг (ru) (péleng) m, румб (ru) (rumb) m
• Serbo-Croatian: kurs (sh) m, azimut (sh) m, курс (sh) m, азимут (sh) m
• Spanish: rumbo (es) m, acimut (es) m
• Swedish: bäring c

relevance

• Bulgarian: отношение (bg) (otnošénie) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 關係 (cmn), 关系 (cmn) (guānxi)

• Finnish: merkitys (fi)

• Italian: posizione (it) f
• Japanese: 関係 (ja) (かんけい, kankei)
• Russian: отношение (ru) (otnošénije) n
• Spanish: incumbencia (es) f, importancia (es) f

posture

• Bulgarian: държание (bg) (dǎržánije) n, поведение (bg) (povedénie) n, обноски (bg) (obnóski) pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舉止 (cmn), 举止 (cmn) (jǔzhǐ)

• Finnish: olemus (fi)
• Japanese: 挙動 (ja) (きょどう, kyodō)

• Russian: поведение (ru) (povedénije) n, манера вести себя (ru) (manéra vestí sebjá) f
• Scottish Gaelic: giùlan (gd) m
• Spanish: conducta (es) f, comportamiento (es) m
• Swedish: hållning (sv) c

See also

• ABEC

Verb

bearing

1. Present participle of bear.

Anagrams

• bangier
• barge in