bushing

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From bush (“metal lining of the axle hole of a wheel or touch hole of a gun”) +‎ -ing.

bushing (plural bushings)

(mechanical engineering) A type of bearing, a cylindrical lining designed to reduce friction and wear inside a hole, often used as a casing for a shaft, pin or hinge.
(mechanical engineering) An elastic bearing used as a type of vibration isolator, commonly made of rubber. An interface between two parts, damping the movement and the energy transmitted.
(mechanical engineering) A threaded bushing: a fastener element that is inserted into an object, usually to add a threaded hole in a softer or thin material.
(electrical engineering) A lining for an opening through which a conductor passes, providing insulation and mechanical protection for the conductor.
An adapter for joining pipes of different size.

mechanical engineering: type of bearing to reduce friction

mechanical engineering: elastic bearing

mechanical engineering: threaded bushing

electrical engineering: lining to insulate and protect

adapter for joining pipes

Finnish: sovitin (fi)
German: Reduzierung (de) f
Italian: riduttore (it) m, nipplo m
Russian: фи́тинг (ru) m (fíting) (generic term), му́фта (ru) f (múfta) (same thickness), переходни́к (ru) m (perexodník) (different thickness)
Slovak: redukcia f, spojka f
Spanish: buje de reducción m

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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