springing
springing is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Growth; increase; also, that which springs up; a shoot; a plant. Thou blessest the springing thereof. Ps. lxv.
- 2.Springing line of an arch (Arch.), the horizontal line drawn through the junction of the vertical face of the impost with the curve of the intrados; -- called also spring of an arch.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- action
- and
- back
- boomerang
- bounce
- bound
- coefficient
- collision
- contrecoup
- direction
- echo
- elastic
- elasticity
- equal
- every
- fly
- for
- force
- kick
- opposite
- react
- reaction
- reactionary
- reactionist
- rebound
- rebuff
- recalcitrant
- recalcitrate
- recalcitration
- recoil
- reflection
- reflex
- reflexion
- refluent
- reflux
- repercuss
- repercussion
- repercussive
- repulse
- resonance
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is springing.
- What is growth; increase; also, that which springs up; a shoot; a plant. Thou blessest the springing thereof. Ps. lxv called?
- What is springing line of an arch (Arch.), the horizontal line drawn through the junction of the vertical face of the impost with the curve of the intrados; -- called also spring of an arch called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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