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mainspring

[mayn-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

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

From Washington Post ● Aug. 14, 2019

The young joke-riffing men of “Knocked Up” yield to their lowest impulses, which are the very mainspring of the setup.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 5, 2015

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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