mainspring
Kelime Anlamı :

1. ana yay.
2. başlıca etken.
3. asıl neden.
4. esas sebep.
5. baş sebep.
6. baş neden.
7. büyük zemberek.
8. asıl neden, baş etken.
9. asıl sebep.
10. İcra yayı.
Tanımlar :
1. the principal spring in a mechanical device, especially a watch or clock, that drives the mechanism by uncoiling.
2. the chief motivating force: the mainspring of a reform movement.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. the principal spring of a clockwork mechanism, that drives it by uncoiling.
2. the most important reason for something.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. the principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the spring in a gunlock which impels the hammer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. the principal spring of any piece of mechanism, as, in a gun-lock, the spring which operates the hammer; specifically, the coiled spring of a watch or other timepiece.
2.
3. the impelling cause of any action; the inciting motive.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. the most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanism
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.