overwinding
overwinding is the present participle and gerund of overwind.
Meaning of overwind
Verb
overwind (third-person singular simple present overwinds, present participle overwinding, simple past and past participle overwound)
- To wind (tighten a spring of) something excessively.
- People also come in full of misgivings about "overwinding" their watches. "You can't overwind a watch - you can only underwind it," said McKelvey.1989 July 4, Jacquin Sanders, “What makes a watchmaker tick?”, in St. Petersburg Times
- To twist (itself) more tightly.
- DNA's helical structure implies that twisting and stretching should be coupled, hence the prediction that DNA should unwind when stretched […] That is why it was such surprise when we directly measured twist-stretch coupling to find instead DNA overwinds when stretched.2006 August 7, “Surprise Finding for Stretched DNA. [summary]”, in Ascribe Higher Education News Service
Noun
overwinding (plural overwindings)
- The act of winding something too far or too tightly.
Forms of overwinding
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Questions about overwinding
- What does overwinding mean?
- Overwinding means the act of winding something too far or too tightly.
- What is overwinding the present participle and gerund of?
- Overwinding is the present participle and gerund of overwind.
- What part of speech is overwinding?
- Overwinding is a noun.
- What is the plural of overwinding?
- The plural of overwinding is overwindings.
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