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...

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 typically is used to store energy and subsequently release it, to absorb shock, or to maintain a force between...

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...

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

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

represented by leaf springs. Bogie Carriage Car suspension Coil spring Corvette leaf spring Spring (device) Suspension lift Transverse leaf spring front suspension...

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...

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,...

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...

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

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

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

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...

jets had braking parachutes for emergency landings. Boats use similar devices called sea anchors to maintain stability in rough seas. To further increase...

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 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...

computers, and other devices, and 'robot' or 'giant robot' is used to distinguish limbed vehicles from other mechanical devices.[citation needed] It has...

of a spring-driven clock years earlier, to attempt to produce one and patent it. During 1675 Huygens and Hooke each delivered two such devices to Charles...

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...

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

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...

The Arab Spring (Arabic: الربيع العربي, romanized: ar-rabīʻ al-ʻarabī) was a series of pro-democracy anti-government protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions...

An anti-rape device is one of a variety of devices invented for the purpose of preventing or deterring rape. The first such devices were the chastity belts...

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...

of actions automatically. A robot can be guided by an external control device, or the control may be embedded within. Robots may be constructed to evoke...

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

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 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...