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mainspring

spiral torsion spring of metal ribbon used as a power source in mechanical watches, some clocks, and other clockwork mechanisms
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mainspring

Summary

mainspring ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (127 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • mainspring's subclass of is recorded as spring[2].
  • mainspring's Commons category is recorded as Mainsprings[3].
  • mainspring's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1410-00-00T00:00:00Z[4].
  • mainspring's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03smxn[5].
  • mainspring's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/mainspring[6].
  • mainspring's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 149924296[7].
  • mainspring's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 03717983-n[8].

Why It Matters

mainspring ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (127 views/month).[1] mainspring has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . GF WordNet. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). mainspring. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/mainspring
MLA “mainspring.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/mainspring.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_mainspring_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{mainspring}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/mainspring}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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