About The Word Mainspring
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Mainspring
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What's The Definition Of Mainspring?
[n] the most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanism
Synonyms | Synonyms for Mainspring: Related Terms | Find terms related to Mainspring: ambition | aspiration | basis | calling | cause | consideration | font | fount | fountain | fountainhead | goal | ground | guiding light | guiding star | headspring | headstream | headwater | ideal | inspiration | intention | lodestar | matter | mine | motive | principle | quarry | reason | riverhead | sake | score | source | spring | springhead | ulterior motive | vocation | well | wellhead | wellspring Mainspring In Webster's Dictionary \Main"spring`\, n.
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.
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