English-Thai Dictionary

mainspring

N ลาน ตัว ใหญ่ และ สำคัญ ที่สุด ของ นาฬิกา  lan-tua-yai-lae-sam-kan-ti-sud-kong-na-li-ka

 

mainspring

N ส่วนสำคัญ ที่สุด  heart root suan-sam-kan-ti-sud

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MAINSPRING

MAINSPRING Main "spring `, n.

 

Defn: 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. Hence: The chief or most powerful motive; the efficient cause of action.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mainspring

main spring |ˈmānˌspriNG ˈmeɪnˌsprɪŋ | ▶noun 1 the principal spring in a watch, clock, or other mechanism. 2 something that plays a principal part in motivating or maintaining a movement, process, or activity: innovation is the mainspring of the new economy.

 

Oxford Dictionary

mainspring

main |spring |ˈmeɪnsprɪŋ | ▶noun 1 the main agent of motivation: innovation is the mainspring of the new economy. 2 the principal spring in a watch, clock, or other mechanism.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

mainspring

mainspring noun a mainspring of economic development: motive, motivation, impetus, driving force, incentive, impulse, prime mover, reason, fountain, fount, wellspring, root, generator.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

mainspring

mainspring noun innovation is the mainspring of the new economy: motive, motivation, impetus, driving force, incentive, impulse, cause, prime mover, reason, origin, fountain, fount, beginning, root, generator, basis.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

mainspring

m á in spr ì ng 名詞 C 1 ｟主に書 ｠〖通例the ～〗主因, 主な動機 ; 原動力 .2 (時計の )主ぜんまい .