Definitions of mainspring [ˈmeɪnˌsprɪŋ]

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Definition of 'mainspring'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) mainspring
the principal spring in a mechanism, as a watch.

2. mainspring
the chief power; the impelling cause.

Etymology: (1585–95)

Definition of 'mainspring'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) mainspring
the most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanism

Definition of 'mainspring'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) mainspring
the principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the spring in a gunlock which impels the hammer. Hence: The chief or most powerful motive; the efficient cause of action

Translation of 'mainspring'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the chief spring, especially the spring that causes the wheels to move in a watch or clock.
Afrikaans: slagveer	Arabic: الزُّنْبَرَك الرَّئيسي في	Bulgarian: пружина
Brazilian: mola principal	Czech: hnací pero	German: die Haupttriebfeder
Danish: drivkraft; hovedfjeder	Greek: κύριο ελατήριο	Spanish: muelle real
Estonian: käiguvedru	Farsi: شاه فنر	Finnish: kellonjousi
French: ressort principal	Hebrew: קְפִיץ רָאשִׁי	Hindi: बड़ी कमानी
Croatian: glavna opruga, glavni pok	Hungarian: főrugó	Indonesian: per utama
Icelandic: gangfjöður	Italian: molla principale	Japanese: 主ぜんまい
Korean: (시계의) 큰 태엽	Lithuanian: laikrodžio spyruoklė	Latvian: galvenā atspere
Malay: sebab utama	Dutch: veer	Norwegian: drivfjær
Polish: główna sprężyna	Persian: ،فنر مهم شاه فنر	Pashto: مهم فنر
Portuguese: mola principal	Romanian: arc motor	Russian: ходовая пружина
Slovak: hnacia pružina	Slovenian: glavno pero v uri	Serbian: spiralna opruga
Swedish: drivfjäder	Thai: ลานตัวใหญ่และสำคัญที่สุดข	Turkish: büyük zemberek, ana yay
Taiwanese: 主發條	Ukrainian: ходова пружина	Urdu: مشینی آلے گھڑی وغیرہ کا ف
Vietnamese: dây cót	Chinese: 主发条
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