Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A mechanism consisting of two or more hard cylindrical rollers with a flexible nonstretching band looped around them, so that the rollers move against each other with very little friction.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[rol(l) + -amite, of unknown origin.]
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Examples
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The massive front door of the concrete building opened easily under his pull, moving on rolamite tracks.
Two in Time Anderson, Poul 1970
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The operations door rolled easily on rolamite tracks.
Two in Time Anderson, Poul 1970
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