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What does spring-loaded mean?

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Adjective
  1. Of a mechanical device, containing a spring that holds a component in a particular position.
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Today's shifting is nearly effortless thanks to precise spring-loaded mechanisms coaxing the chain from one gear to the next.
In 1915 a Belgian company designed a grenade which contained a spring-loaded striker, percussion cap, fuse and detonator.
This activates the spring-loaded extractor which kicks fired cases clear, then snaps back flush with the cylinder.
If you enter the correct code, a spring-loaded door pops open, but a built-in computer will block access if five wrong codes are entered.
In the market I found almost everyone sold heavy, serrated, spring-loaded metal rattraps.
The ejector is a fixed mechanical type unlike the small, spring-loaded extractors of other design.

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