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Timken Co. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Monday, 8/3/20, at 4:54pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/20   ·   Accession #:  98362-20-122   ·   File #:  1-01169

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 8/03/20  Timken Co.                        10-Q        6/30/20   79:11M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.31M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 4: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
11: R1          Cover Document                                      HTML     71K 
12: R2          Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)       HTML     62K 
13: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     48K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
14: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    144K 
15: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     42K 
16: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    107K 
17: R7          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     23K 
18: R8          Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML     36K 
19: R9          Acquisitions (Notes)                                HTML     68K 
20: R10         Revenue (Notes)                                     HTML     78K 
21: R11         Segment Information                                 HTML     68K 
22: R12         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     58K 
23: R13         Inventories                                         HTML     36K 
24: R14         Financing Arrangements                              HTML     59K 
25: R15         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     76K 
26: R16         Contingencies (Notes)                               HTML     27K 
27: R17         Equity                                              HTML    188K 
28: R18         Impairment and Restructuring (Notes)                HTML     29K 
29: R19         Retirement Benefit Plans                            HTML     77K 
30: R20         Postretirement Benefit Plans                        HTML     47K 
31: R21         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income              HTML    127K 
32: R22         Fair Value                                          HTML     80K 
33: R23         Derivatives and Hedging Activities (Notes)          HTML     40K 
34: R24         Acquisitions (Tables)                               HTML     64K 
35: R25         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     71K 
36: R26         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     68K 
37: R27         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     49K 
38: R28         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     58K 
39: R29         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     35K 
40: R30         Financing Arrangements (Tables)                     HTML     52K 
41: R31         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     76K 
42: R32         Equity (Tables)                                     HTML    189K 
43: R33         Impairment and Restructuring (Tables)               HTML     52K 
44: R34         Retirement Benefit Plans (Tables)                   HTML     51K 
45: R35         Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables)               HTML     49K 
46: R36         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)     HTML     72K 
47: R37         Fair Value (Tables)                                 HTML     71K 
48: R38         Derivatives and Hedging Activities (Table)          HTML     33K 
49: R39         Recent Accounting Pronouncements Table (Details)    HTML    128K 
50: R40         Acquisitions (Details)                              HTML    157K 
51: R41         Revenue Disaggregation of Revenue (Details)         HTML     72K 
52: R42         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML     48K 
53: R43         Income Taxes (Details Textual)                      HTML     33K 
54: R44         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     44K 
55: R45         Earnings Per Share (Details Textual)                HTML     22K 
56: R46         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     35K 
57: R47         Inventories (Details Textual)                       HTML     23K 
58: R48         Financing Arrangements (Details)                    HTML     66K 
59: R49         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details)      HTML     34K 
60: R50         Financing Arrangements (Details 1)                  HTML     64K 
61: R51         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details 1)    HTML     53K 
62: R52         Financing Arrangements (Details Textual)            HTML    158K 
63: R53         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details       HTML     49K 
                Textual)                                                         
64: R54         Contingencies (Details)                             HTML     24K 
65: R55         Equity (Details)                                    HTML    111K 
66: R56         Equity (Details Textual)                            HTML     33K 
67: R57         Impairment and Restructuring (Details)              HTML     84K 
68: R58         Retirement Benefit Plans (Details)                  HTML     48K 
69: R59         Postretirement Benefit Plans (Details)              HTML     46K 
70: R60         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Details)    HTML     70K 
71: R61         Fair Value (Details)                                HTML     57K 
72: R62         Fair Value (Details Textual)                        HTML     31K 
73: R63         Derivatives and Hedging Activities (Details)        HTML     25K 
74: R64         Derivatives and Hedging Activities Derivatives      HTML     26K 
                (Details)                                                        
75: R9999       Uncategorized Items - tkr10-q63020.htm              HTML     21K 
77: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    141K 
10: XML         XBRL Instance -- tkr10-q63020_htm                    XML   2.89M 
76: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     99K 
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78: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              375±   544K 
79: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000098362-20-000122-xbrl      Zip    634K

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