Usually means: Mechanism tensioned for quick release.
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  1. spring-loaded: Merriam-Webster
  2. spring-loaded: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. spring-loaded: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. spring-loaded, spring-loaded: Collins English Dictionary
  5. spring-loaded: Vocabulary.com
  6. spring-loaded: Wordnik
  7. spring-loaded: Wiktionary
  8. spring-loaded: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. spring-loaded: Dictionary.com
  10. Spring-loaded: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. spring-loaded: Rhymezone
  12. spring-loaded: FreeDictionary.org
  13. spring-loaded: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. spring-loaded: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Of a mechanical device, containing a spring that holds a component in a particular position.

Similar:
springloaded, self-locking, springborne, sprung, springed, springy, mechanostable, mechanoresponsive, boltable, latchable, more...

Opposite:
unloaded, fixed, static, rigid

Phrases:
Spring-loaded camming device, more...

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Similar:
springloaded, self-locking, springborne, sprung, springed, springy, mechanostable, mechanoresponsive, boltable, latchable, more...

Opposite:
unloaded, fixed, static, rigid

Phrases:
Spring-loaded camming device, more...



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