overcoil

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noun

Part of a watch: an improved balance spring with a raised outer coil.

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Meanings

nounovercoil (plural overcoils)

plural overcoils

  1. Part of a watch: an improved balance spring with a raised outer coil.

Origin

From over- + coil.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

overcoil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcoil

MLA

“overcoil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcoil. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overcoil,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcoil.

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