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pinion wire

pinion wire noun: wire fluted longitudinally, for making the pinions of clocks and watches. It is formed by being drawn through holes of the shape required for the leaves or teeth of the pinions.

Noun

pinion wire (countable and uncountable, plural pinion wires)

  1. Wire fluted longitudinally, for making the pinions of clocks and watches. It is formed by being drawn through holes of the shape required for the leaves or teeth of the pinions.

Forms of pinion wire

pluralpinion wires

Questions about pinion wire

What does pinion wire mean?
Pinion wire means wire fluted longitudinally, for making the pinions of clocks and watches. It is formed by being drawn through holes of the shape required for the leaves or teeth of the pinions.
What part of speech is pinion wire?
Pinion wire is a noun.
What is the plural of pinion wire?
The plural of pinion wire is pinion wires.

Words near pinion wire in the dictionary

  1. pining stool
  2. pining stools
  3. piningly
  4. pinings
  5. pinion
  6. pinion wire
  7. pinion wires
  8. pinioned
  9. pinioner
  10. pinioners
  11. pinioning

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