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PRONUNCIATION OF WATCHSPRING

watchspring  [ˈwɒtʃˌsprɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WATCHSPRING

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conjunction
determiner
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Watchspring 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 WATCHSPRING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

watchspring

Mainspring

A mainspring is a spiral torsion spring of metal ribbon used as a power source in mechanical watches, some clocks, and other clockwork mechanisms. Winding the timepiece, by turning a knob or key, stores energy in the mainspring by twisting the spiral tighter. The force of the mainspring then turns the clock's wheels as it unwinds, until the next winding is needed. The adjectives wind-up and spring-powered refer to mechanisms powered by mainsprings, which also include kitchen timers, music boxes, wind-up toys and clockwork radios.

Definition of watchspring in the English dictionary

The definition of watchspring in the dictionary is the main spring inside a watch.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WATCHSPRING


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

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WATCHSPRING

watchdog
watchdog committee
watchdogged
watchdogging
watcher
watchet
watcheye
watchful
watchfully
watchfulness
watchguard
watchlist
watchmaker
watchmaking
watchman
watchmen
watchout
watchstrap
watchtower
watchword

WORDS THAT END LIKE WATCHSPRING

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 watchspring in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «watchspring» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WATCHSPRING

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

Translator English - Chinese

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570 millions of speakers

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380 millions of speakers
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Watchspring
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Translator English - Japanese

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Watchspring
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Translator English - Tamil

watchspring
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75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

watchspring
70 millions of speakers

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Translator English - Romanian

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Trends of use of watchspring

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WATCHSPRING»

The term «watchspring» is used very little and occupies the 167.545 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WATCHSPRING» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WATCHSPRING»

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1
Laboratory Instructions in Physics: Course A ...
Magnetoscope, watchspring, iron wire (soft), strip of tinned iron, permanent magnet, iron filings, paraffine and paper. Experiments. — 1. Show that like poles repel and unlike poles attract. Definition: "North pole" of a magnet is the one which ...
Henry Crew, 1898
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A Laboratory Manual of Physics for use in Highschools
(b) Maguetize a piece of brittle watchspring by drawing it across the north pole of the magnet. What kind of pole (north or south) do you find at the end of the watchspring which last leaves the magnet ? In order to answer this question test the ...
‎1902
3
Minutes of evidence taken before the Commissioners appointed ...
Oh, there are, but I have not heard of them being sold, the well-to-do generally went to " Watchspring " and they keep them, they are about four-year-old now. 4140. His fee was higher I conclude ? — Yes, it was, it was I think £1 Is. for over £ 20 ...
Ireland. Commission on Horse Breeding, 1897
4
The Wonder Book of Chemistry
was Emile's wondering inquiry. "Certainly; gunpowder couldn't do it better. Here is an old watchspring, broken at one end and of no further use. It is a bit of refuse I got at the clockmaker's. But instead of this spring, which is admirably suited to ...
Jean-Henri Fabre, 1922
5
Pauline Perspectives: Essays on Paul, 1978-2013
[13] Introduction: The Shape of the Doctrine Imagine asking a jeweller to describe a watchspring. He might simply talk about the spring itself; he might demonstrate how it was related to the rest of the mechanism; he might even explain the ...
N. T. Wright, 2013
6
Popular Mechanics
Contributed by B. Orlando Taylor. A Peculiar Watchspring Break The accompanying sketch shows an unusual break in a ._. watchspring. The sketch is an exact reproduction of the break as it appeared when the drum was taken from the watch.
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Popular Mechanics: An Illustrated Weekly Review of the ...
A Peculiar Watchspring Break The accompanying sketch shows an unusual break in a watchspring. The sketch is an exact reproduction of the break as it appeared when the drum was taken from the watch. An arc of a circle was broken from ...
‎1909
8
The Racing Calendar: Steeple chases past, for the year ...
... 5 yrs, l0st 1216 - - Mr W. P. Cullen 1 Mr J. Harty's Harkaway, aged, lOst 4fl, Mr M. H *rty 2 Mr M. Dennehy's Little Queen, 4 yrs, 9st 7ft, J. Walsh 3 Mr P. F.Colfer's Modesty, aged, lOst - Fedegan - Mr W. H. West's Watchspring, 6 yrs, 9st 7tb (car.
‎1886
9
Pye's Surgical Handicraft: A Manual of Surgical ...
Section through the head, showing Nasal Plugs in position with Belloc's sound. the string, which are attached to the plug of lint, are quickly passed through the eye, which will be found at the end of the watchspring. This is then retracted into the ...
Walter Pye, 1893
10
Physical Laboratory Manual: For Secondary Schools
A piece of watchspring about 10 cm. long. Procedure.—(1) Magnetize the piece of watchspring and test and mark its poles. (2) Break the spring into two pieces and test the ends of each piece for magnetism by the compass or the floating ...
Charles Francis Adams, 1909

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