A spring is a device consisting of an elastic but largely rigid material (typically metal) bent or molded into a form (especially a coil) that can return...

Look up Spring or spring in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Spring(s) may refer to: Spring (season), a season of the year Spring (device), a mechanical...

A spring-loaded camming device (also SLCD, cam or friend) is a piece of rock climbing or mountaineering protection equipment. It consists of two, three...

A coil spring is a mechanical device that is typically used to store energy and subsequently release it, to absorb shock, or to maintain a force between...

studies and applies the principles of physics to design, create, and operate devices that manipulate electrons and other electrically charged particles. It...

movement to perform an action. The term is commonly applied to artificial devices, such as those employing engines or motors, but also to natural biological...

type of leaf spring. Bogie Carriage Car suspension Coil spring Corvette leaf spring Spring (device) Suspension lift Transverse leaf spring front suspension...

to a fixed axis of rotation Shore durometer – Hardness-testing device Spring (device) – Elastic object that stores mechanical energy Stiffness (mathematics) –...

clench your teeth to try to keep your mouth closed but they push a metal spring device around your jaw to prise it open. They force a wooden clamp with a hole...

segments that can be spread apart with a spring or by turning a key. Its proposed functionality as a torture device is to be variously inserted into the mouth...

in which engine is a device that burns or otherwise consumes fuel, changing its chemical composition, and a motor is a device driven by electricity,...

A mobile device or handheld computer is a computer small enough to hold and operate in hand. Mobile devices are typically battery-powered and possess a...

A scale or balance is a device used to measure weight or mass. These are also known as mass scales, weight scales, mass balances, massometers, and weight...

In computing, an input device is a piece of equipment used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system, such as a computer...

device whose only function is to turn itself off. The best-known useless machines are those inspired by Marvin Minsky's design, in which the device's...

with each device and anticipated an average daily ammunition use of 100 rounds per device. The use of the Pedersen device in the 1919 spring offensive...

A ratchet (occasionally spelled rachet) is a mechanical device that allows continuous linear or rotary motion in only one direction while preventing motion...

A spring-gun, booby trap gun etc. is a gun, often a shotgun, rigged to fire when a string or other triggering device is tripped by contact of sufficient...

Some devices use a ball bearing on a track to sense firefighter movement and others use an infrared beam against a mirror mounted on a spring. When activating...

safety devices usually require replacement when activated by excess pressure. Newer pressure cookers may have a self-resettable spring device, fixed onto...

the Second Boer War, the defenders used fishing rods and a mechanical spring device to throw improvised grenades. Improvised hand grenades were used to...

A simple machine is a mechanical device that changes the direction or magnitude of a force. In general, they can be defined as the simplest mechanisms...

Hydropneumatic devices (or hydro-pneumatic devices) are systems that operate using water and gas. The devices are used in various applications. A hydropneumatic...

the Fish and Wildlife Service started to develop a safer, spring-loaded replacement device. Much of the work was done by James Poteet, a predator control...

various types of gate closers available, including exposed spring devices, gate closers, spring hinges, and self-closing hinges. The appropriate type of...

A pump is a device that moves fluids (liquids or gases), or sometimes slurries, by mechanical action, typically converted from electrical energy into hydraulic...

A belay device is a mechanical piece of climbing equipment used to control a rope during belaying. It is designed to improve belay safety for the climber...

pocket knives, the opened blade does not lock, but is held in place by a spring device that allows the blade to fold if a certain amount of pressure is applied...

A medical device is any device intended to be used for medical purposes. Significant potential for hazards are inherent when using a device for medical...

An epilator is an electrical device used to remove hair by mechanically grasping multiple hairs simultaneously and pulling them out. The way in which epilators...