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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmola impulsionada
Pronunciation / Transliteration: moh-lah im-pul-syoh-nah-dah
"O sistema de fecho é acionado por mola."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Equipped with or operated by a spring or springs that store mechanical energy until released.
"The trapdoor was spring-loaded to snap shut automatically." - 2
Metaphorically prepared or primed to react, move, or happen very quickly upon a trigger or cue.
"The markets were spring-loaded for a rapid rebound following the regulatory announcement."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the noun 'spring' (referring to an elastic metal device) combined with 'loaded' (past participle of load, meaning charged or under tension). Emerging in the 19th century with the industrial mechanization of tools and traps, the term evolved to describe any mechanism kept under mechanical tension until triggered, and later adopted metaphorical usage for ideas or situations poised for rapid release.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Spring-loaded" is said worldwide
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à ressort
Transliteration: ah reh-sor
"Le couteau est doté d'un mécanisme à ressort."
federbelastet
Transliteration: feeder-belast-et
"Die Tür hat einen federbelasteten Riegel."
a molla
Transliteration: ah mol-lah
"Il meccanismo di chiusura è a molla."
accionado por resorte
Transliteration: ak-syoh-nah-do por rehr-sor-te
"La trampa está accionada por resorte."
mola impulsionada
Transliteration: moh-lah im-pul-syoh-nah-dah
"O sistema de fecho é acionado por mola."
स्प्रिंग-युक्त
Transliteration: spring-yukt
"यह दरवाज़ा स्प्रिंग-युक्त है।"
弹簧加载的
Transliteration: tánhuáng jiāzài de
"这个机构是弹簧加载的。"
스프링이 장치된
Transliteration: seu-peu-ring-i jang-chi-doen
"그 문은 스프링이 장치되어 있습니다."
バネ仕掛けの
Transliteration: bane-jikake no
"その箱にはバネ仕掛けの蓋がついています。"
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