"spring constant" meaning in English

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        "A characteristic of a spring which is defined as the ratio of the force affecting the spring to the displacement caused by it."
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          "characteristic",
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          "ratio",
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        [
          "force",
          "force"
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          "displacement",
          "displacement"
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        "(physics) A characteristic of a spring which is defined as the ratio of the force affecting the spring to the displacement caused by it."
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "characteristic of a spring",
          "word": "勁度係數"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jìndù xìshù",
          "sense": "characteristic of a spring",
          "word": "劲度系数"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "characteristic of a spring",
          "word": "veerconstante"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "characteristic of a spring",
          "word": "jousivakio"
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        {
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "characteristic of a spring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "constante de raideur"
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          "sense": "characteristic of a spring",
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          "word": "constante de rappel"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "characteristic of a spring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Federkonstante"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "characteristic of a spring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "costante elastica"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ばねていすう, baneteisū; ばねじょうすう, banejōsū",
          "code": "ja",
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          "sense": "characteristic of a spring",
          "word": "ばね定数"
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        "A characteristic of a spring which is defined as the ratio of the force affecting the spring to the displacement caused by it."
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        "(physics) A characteristic of a spring which is defined as the ratio of the force affecting the spring to the displacement caused by it."
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "characteristic of a spring",
      "word": "勁度係數"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jìndù xìshù",
      "sense": "characteristic of a spring",
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      "sense": "characteristic of a spring",
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      "sense": "characteristic of a spring",
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      "word": "constante de raideur"
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      "sense": "characteristic of a spring",
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      "word": "costante elastica"
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