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spring, a mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched
Meaning & usage
spring, a mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched
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Where this word comes from
From Dutch veer (“feather, spring”), a contraction of veder, from Middle Dutch vedere, from Old Dutch fethara, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). The sense "spring" is derived from the ability of feathers to resume their shape when bent.
per, for each
per, by the, by means of the, via the, through the
since, as, as of, as per
through, during, throughout
Where this word comes from
From Dutch per, from Latin per (“through, during”), from Proto-Indo-European *per.
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