hairspring

hair·spring

H0016100 (hâr′sprĭng′)n. A fine coiled spring that regulates the movement of the balance wheel in a watch or clock.

hairspring

(ˈhɛəˌsprɪŋ) n (Horology) horology a very fine spiral spring in some timepieces, which, in combination with the balance wheel, controls the timekeeping

hair•spring

(ˈhɛərˌsprɪŋ)

n. a fine, usu. spiral, spring used for oscillating the balance of a timepiece. [1820–30]

Thesaurus

Noun

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hairspring - a fine spiral spring that regulates the movement of the balance wheel in a timepiecespiral spring - a spring that is wound like a spiralhorologe, timepiece, timekeeper - a measuring instrument or device for keeping time

Translations

spirale del bilanciere