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S vs Mainspring - What's the difference?

s | mainspring |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun mainspring is

the principal spring of a clockwork mechanism, that drives it by uncoiling.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    mainspring

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The principal spring of a clockwork mechanism, that drives it by uncoiling.
  • * 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
    • He was wise, for he had seen a long succession of mechanical toys arrive to boast and swagger, and by-and-by break their mainsprings and pass away.
  • (figuratively) The most important reason for something.
    • My daughter is the mainspring of my life.