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mainspring

[meyn-spring] / ˈmeɪnˌsprɪŋ /












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Its hairspring, mainspring, ruby bearings and a few other parts were sourced from Switzerland.

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2023

The question of appropriation is the editorial mainspring of “The Dolphin Letters.”

From The New Yorker Dec. 9, 2019

That’s the mainspring tension of this six-month baseball thing.

From Washington Post Aug. 14, 2019

If true, Bicep’s detection of gravitational waves would confirm a theory that the universe began with a violent outward antigravitational swoosh known as inflation, the mainspring of Big Bang theorizing for the last three decades.

From New York Times Sep. 22, 2014

“It’s how my father taught me. If I don’t wind it consistently, it won’t keep time as well. And if I overwind it, the mainspring might break.”

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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