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Meaning of "hairspring" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HAIRSPRING

hairspring  [ˈhɛəˌsprɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HAIRSPRING

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conjunction
determiner
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Hairspring is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HAIRSPRING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hairspring

Balance spring

A balance spring, or hairspring, is a spring attached to the balance wheel in mechanical timepieces. It causes the balance wheel to oscillate with a resonant frequency when the timepiece is running, which controls the speed at which the wheels of the timepiece turn, and thus the rate of movement of the hands. A regulator lever is often fitted, which can be used to alter the free length of the spring and thereby adjust the rate of the timepiece. The balance spring is a fine spiral or helical torsion spring used in mechanical watches, alarm clocks, kitchen timers, marine chronometers, and other timekeeping mechanisms to control the rate of oscillation of the balance wheel. The balance spring is an essential adjunct to the balance wheel, causing it to oscillate back and forth. The balance spring and balance wheel together form a harmonic oscillator, which oscillates with a precise period or "beat" resisting external disturbances, and is responsible for timekeeping accuracy.

Definition of hairspring in the English dictionary

The definition of hairspring in the dictionary is a very fine spiral spring in some timepieces, which, in combination with the balance wheel, controls the timekeeping.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HAIRSPRING


bedspring
ˈbedsprɪŋ
dayspring
ˈdeɪˌsprɪŋ
handspring
ˈhændˌsprɪŋ
headspring
ˈhɛdˌsprɪŋ
Houghton-le-Spring
ˈhaʊtənləˈsprɪŋ
mainspring
ˈmeɪnˌsprɪŋ
offspring
ˈɒfˌsprɪŋ
outspring
ˌaʊtˈsprɪŋ
respring
ˌriːˈsprɪŋ
spring
sprɪŋ
upspring
ʌpˈsprɪŋ
watchspring
ˈwɒtʃˌsprɪŋ
wellspring
ˈwɛlˌsprɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HAIRSPRING

hairline crack
hairline fracture
hairnet
hairpiece
hairpin
hairpin bend
hairpin curve
hairsplitter
hairsplitting
hairspray
hairstreak
hairstyle
hairstylist
hairtail
hairweaving
hairwork
hairworm
hairy
hairy frog
hairy tare

WORDS THAT END LIKE HAIRSPRING

air spring
Arab Spring
box spring
catering
coil spring
considering
during
engineering
equinoctial spring
hiring
hot spring
leaf spring
manufacturing
mineral spring
monitoring
Pierian Spring
sulfur spring
sulphur spring
thermal spring
valve spring

Synonyms and antonyms of hairspring in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «hairspring» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HAIRSPRING

Find out the translation of hairspring to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hairspring from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hairspring» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

游丝
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

espiral
570 millions of speakers

English

hairspring
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बालकमानी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النابض الشعري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

волосок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hairspring
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hairspring
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

spiral
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hairspring
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spirale
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ひげぜんまい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

헤어 스프링
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hairspring
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lò so
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hairspring
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बालपण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

helezonik yaya
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spirale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

włosową
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

волосок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spiral
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hairspring
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geestigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spiralfjäder
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hair
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hairspring

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HAIRSPRING»

The term «hairspring» is regularly used and occupies the 108.167 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HAIRSPRING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hairspring

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAIRSPRING»

Discover the use of hairspring in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hairspring and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
U.S. trade with Puerto Rico and U.S. possessions
716.3937 0V .9-1 INCH WIDE 17 JEWELS, N/0V $15 HAVING A BAL WHEEL AND A HAIRSPRING... 716.4037 OV 1-1.77 INCH WIDE 17 JEWELS, N/0V $15 HAVING A BAL WHEEL AND A HAIRSPRING. 716.4057 OV 1-1.77 INCH WIDE 17 ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, 1981
2
Ordnance Maintenance: Wrist Watches, Pocket Watches, Stop ...
To straighten a badly bent hairspring, it is best to remove it from the balance staff and lay it on a flat piece of glass. To remove hairspring, hold balance firmly on an anvil and insert a small screwdriver under hairspring collet. Turn screwdriver ...
Department Of Defense
3
The Mechanics of Mechanical Watches and Clocks
4.7 Locus of the center of mass of the hairspring when rotating from -360° to 360° . a In the polar coordinate system b In Cartesian coordinate system Fig. 4.8. From the figure, it is seen that the stiffness will increase when the hairspring is ...
Ruxu Du, Longhan Xie, 2012
4
U.S. Foreign Trade Statistics: Classifications and ...
No 85511 585 715.05 09 715.05 10 885.1150 WATCHES WITH OVER 7 BUT NOT OVER 17 JEWELS, HAVING A BALANCE WHEEL AND HAIRSPRING n s . . . . . u s o с l . . No 85511 505 715.05 14 715.05 18 715.05 54 715.05 58 885.1160 l ...
‎1981
5
New Understanding Physics for Advanced Level
The hairspring couple C is proportional to the angle which the coil turns through. So we can write C = k6, where 8 is the angle turned by the coil and k is the silliness constant for the hairspring. The final position which the coil reaches when a ...
Jim Breithaupt, 2000
6
U.S. foreign trade: concordance of statistical ...
... HAVING A BALANCE WHEEL AND HAIRSPRING NO 715.0504 715.0508 715.0524 715.0528 885 1130 WATCHES WITH NOT OVER 7 JEWELS; NOT HAVING A BALANCE WHEEL AND HAIRSPRING NO 715.0509 715.0510 885 1150 ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, 1978
7
Correlations of Selected Export and Import Classifications ...
565 708.41 OO 708.43 OO 885 WATCHES 8 CLOCKS & PARTS THEREOF 885.1 WATCHES, WATCH MVTS, CASES 8 CASE PTS 885.1110 WATCHES WITH NOT OVER 7 JEWELS, HAVING A BALANCE WHEEL AND HAIRSPRING .
United States. Bureau of the Census, 1978
8
Advanced Stress and Stability Analysis: Worked Examples
The tangling of the device thread (hairspring) is an example illustrating the fact that the loss of plane bending mode stability may occur also for the strip being bent in the plane of minimal rigidity. Everybody knows the plane spiral spring which ...
Sergey A. Voronov, V.I. Feodosiev, Sergey V. Yaresko, 2006
9
1977 census of manufactures: Industry statistics
Clocks with other bases (those not having a balance wheel and hairspring, pendulum torsion band oscillator or other oscillatory device with built-in frequency time bases): 38731 41 Clocks with watch movements or modules, or with clock ...
‎1981
10
Numerical list of manufactured products
Clocks with other time bases (not having a balance wheel and hairspring, etc.) Clocks with watch movements (or modules) or with clock movements (or modules ) measuring less than l.7 7 inches in width . . Clocks with other movements or ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, Geraldine P. Wilson, United States. Bureau of the Census. Industry Division, 1978

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAIRSPRING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hairspring is used in the context of the following news items.
1
H. Moser & Cie
... charity event, the Moser interchangeable escapement has been fitted with an Original Straumann Double-Hairspring®, a very rare feature. «World Tempus, Jul 15»
2
Rolex Modernizes the Day-Date with a New Size and Caliber
From the paramagnetic blue Parachrom hairspring, to the state-of-the-art Chronergy escapement with Paramagnetic nickel-phosphorus pallet ... «Watchtime.com, Jul 15»
3
Fratello Friday: Rolex Day-Date 40mm - New Size, New Movement …
Also, the movement has a blue Parachrom hairspring, which is able to handle shocks in a better way than a traditional hairspring. Rolex Caliber ... «Watchtime.com, Jul 15»
4
World Travel Made Easy: Montblanc Villeret Tourbillon Cylindrique …
That gear train is regulated by the next fantabulous bit of hardware, a tourbillon featuring a cylindrical (or helical, if you prefer) hairspring. «Quill & Pad, Jun 15»
5
Temptation Thursday by Escapement: Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde …
Secondly, Swatch Group is at the forefront of innovation; hence, this particular timepiece includes a silicon hairspring and mechanical ... «Watchtime.com, Jun 15»
6
Shark Bites Likely a Buncha Bull; Being Ambidextrous and …
The only way a frog could be a baseball pitcher is if it was allowed to hairspring off the mound and literally hand-deliver a pitch to the catcher ... «The SandPaper, Jun 15»
7
Twenty-8-Eight Tourbillon Prestige
The heart of the balance beats to the rhythm of a Straumann Hairspring® with Phillips curve. This new movement fully complies with the very ... «World Tempus, Jun 15»
8
Breguet Watches: A History of Innovation
Generally, the escapement's balance wheel and its coiled hairspring oscillate back and forth to regulate the unwinding of the mainspring. «Barron's, May 15»
9
Precession Obsession: Jaeger-LeCoultre Duomètre …
In key words: dual-wing movement; super accurate moon phase; flyback seconds; cylindrical hairspring; bi-axial tourbillon; 42 mm case; dual ... «Quill & Pad, Apr 15»
10
Pictures from an exhibition
The works are presented in chronological order, so the two most famous stories ("Silk Handkerchief" and "Hairspring") are numbers three and ... «Today's Zaman, Apr 15»

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