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hairspring

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.

Noun

hairspring (plural hairsprings)

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

hairspring meaning in Urdu

hairspring in Urdu

بال کمانی

Forms of hairspring

pluralhairsprings

Origin of hairspring

From hair + spring.

Words formed from hairspring

  • hairspring trigger

Questions about hairspring

What does hairspring mean?
Hairspring means a spring, made of a coil of fine wire, that is used to regulate the movement of a balance wheel in a watch.
What is hairspring in Urdu?
Hairspring in Urdu is بال کمانی. See Hairspring meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is hairspring?
Hairspring is a noun.
What is the plural of hairspring?
The plural of hairspring is hairsprings.

Words near hairspring in the dictionary

  1. hairsplittings
  2. hairspray
  3. hairsprayed
  4. hairspraying
  5. hairsprays
  6. hairspring
  7. hairsprings
  8. Hairston
  9. hairstone
  10. hairstones
  11. Hairstons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hairspring (page history and authors); hairspring (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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