Usually means: Elastic coil regulating mechanical watches.
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  1. hairspring: Merriam-Webster
  2. hairspring: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hairspring: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hairspring: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hairspring: Vocabulary.com
  6. hairspring: Wordnik
  7. hairspring: Wiktionary
  8. hairspring: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. hairspring: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. hairspring: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Hairspring, hairspring: Dictionary.com
  12. Hairspring: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Hairspring: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. hairspring: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. hairspring: Rhymezone
  16. Hairspring: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. hairspring: FreeDictionary.org
  18. hairspring: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. hairspring: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hairspring: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hairspring)

▸ noun:  A spring, made of a coil of fine wire, that is used to regulate the movement of a balance wheel in a watch.

Similar:
watchspring, clockspring, mainspring, balance wheel, spring balance, swing wheel, overcoil, spring, springhead, jumper, more...

Opposite:
balance wheel, escapement, pallet fork

Types:
Breguet overcoil, helical, flat, barrel, more...

Adjectives:
spiral, fine, small, new, tiny, delicate

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Similar:
watchspring, clockspring, mainspring, balance wheel, spring balance, swing wheel, overcoil, spring, springhead, jumper, more...

Opposite:
balance wheel, escapement, pallet fork

Types:
Breguet overcoil, helical, flat, barrel, more...

Adjectives:
spiral, fine, small, new, tiny, delicate



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