overwind

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To wind (tighten a spring of) something excessively.

   “People also come in full of misgivings about "overwinding" their watches. "You can't overwind a watch - you can only underwind it," said McKelvey.”

2. fiil To twist (itself) more tightly.

   “DNA's helical structure implies that twisting and stretching should be coupled, hence the prediction that DNA should unwind when stretched […] That is why it was such surprise when we directly measured twist-stretch coupling to find instead DNA overwinds when stretched.”

3. isim Synonym of overwinding.

   “They are intended to prevent the cage falling back in case the rope breaks or in case an overwind occurs.”

4. isim Excessive wind; a movement of such atmospheric air caused by air pressure.
5. isim A wind that moves over or above an object.