spiral spring
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of spiral spring
First recorded in 1680–90
Example Sentences
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Here she uses the spiral spring toy known as the Slinky.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2015
A spring loaded safety valve is one in which the valve is held down by the pressure of a spiral spring, and this pressure will obviously not vary, no matter how much the ship rolls.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
The spiral spring is described as received in two cups,—one above and one below.
From Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives Baldwin Locomotive Works by Baird, Matthew
To Ingenhousz he suggested the idea of "hanging a weight on a spiral spring, to discover if bodies gravitated differently to the earth during the conjunctions of the sun and moon, compared with other times."
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell
Very rarely they may curl down around the eyeball in a spiral spring.
From The Woodpeckers by Eckstorm, Fannie Hardy
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