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| Domain | Definition |
Mechanical Engineering | Elements of various shapes and lengths are used to pull the brakeshoe and lining away from the brake drum when the brakes are released. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "RETRACTING SPRING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | trekveer (pull of spring, release spring, retraction spring, return spring), terugtrekveer (backing spring, pull of spring, release spring, restoring spring, retraction spring, return spring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | ressort de relâchement (release spring, retraction spring, return spring), ressort de rappel (release spring, restoring spring, retraction spring, return spring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Rückzugfeder (pull of spring, release spring, retraction spring, return spring), Rückziehfeder (pull of spring, release spring, retraction spring, return spring), Rückholfeder (retaining spring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | ελατήριο επαναφοράς (backing spring, pull of spring, release spring, restoring spring, retraction spring, return spring), ελατήριο ανάταξης (pull of spring, release spring, retraction spring, return spring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | molla di richiamo (backing spring, pull of spring, release spring, restoring spring, retraction spring, return spring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | etractingray ingspray mola de tracção (axially loaded helical spring, compression spring, pull of spring, release spring, retraction spring, return spring, tension spring). (various references) muelle de recuperación (pull of spring, release spring, retraction spring, return spring), muelle de desembrague (pull of spring, release spring, retraction spring, return spring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-g-i-i-n-n-p-r-r-r-s-t-t" | |
-3 letters: transpiercing. | |
-4 letters: interspacing. | |
-5 letters: crepitating, integrating, interacting, interstrain, patternings, pretraining, reinstating, respringing, restraining, restricting, restringing, straitening, strangering, transecting, transpiring, trapnesting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 45 54 52 41 43 54 49 4E 47 53 50 52 49 4E 47 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01000101 01010100 01010010 01000001 01000011 01010100 01001001 01001110 01000111 00100000 01010011 01010000 01010010 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R E T R A C T I N G   S P R I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0045 0054 0052 0041 0043 0054 0049 004E 0047 0053 0050 0052 0049 004E 0047 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)523954523537544348412535052434841 |
| 1. Translations: Modern 2. Anagrams 3. Orthography 4. Bibliography |
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