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mainspring [ˈmeınsprıŋ] N

1. mainspring:

mainspring

(钟表内的)发条 fātiáo

2. mainspring:

mainspring

主要原因(或动机) zhǔyào yuányīn

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English

To accomplish this he used an old idea and reworked it, that of having the hands driven directly by the mainspring. en.wikipedia.org

Portable timepieces were made possible by the invention of the mainspring. en.wikipedia.org

Energy is stored in the mainspring manually by "winding it up", turning a key attached to a ratchet which twists the mainspring tighter. en.wikipedia.org

A self-winding watch movement has a mechanism which winds the mainspring. en.wikipedia.org

The modern bauche is a jeweled watch movement, without its regulating organs, mainspring, dial, or hands. en.wikipedia.org

The stackfreed, a spring-loaded cam on the mainspring shaft, added a lot of friction and was abandoned after about a century. en.wikipedia.org

In spring driven timepieces, the drive force declines as the mainspring runs down. en.wikipedia.org

This is particularly true in watches and portable clocks which are powered by a mainspring, which provides a diminishing drive force as it unwinds. en.wikipedia.org

The fast action trigger mechanism allows the hammer to be decocked while still keeping the mainspring compressed. en.wikipedia.org

If it were, then under the tremendous tension of the mainspring, it would require a huge force on the trigger to disengage the sear. en.wikipedia.org

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