spring

adj. of spring, of the season between winter and summer; grown in the spring, occurring in the spring; having metal coils; flexible, resilient

v. jump, leap; move quickly; suddenly appear; quickly come into being, sprout; work loose; twist, warp (of wood); activate; release; free from prison (Slang)

n. season between winter and summer; source of water; metal coil; origin; leap, bounce; flexibility, elasticity

SPRING is GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is freely available on the Internet. It has Windows and Linux versions.SPRING provides a comprehensive set of functions, including tools for Satellite Image Processing, Digital Terrain Modeling, Spatial Analysis, Geostatistics, Spatial Statistics, Spatial Databases and Map Management. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research(INPE), who is developing SPRING since 1992. SPRING has required over 200 man/years of development and includes extensive documentation, tutorials and examples. More than 70,000 users from 60 countries have downloaded the software, as of January 2007.
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Spring may refer to: In common use:Spring (season), a season of the yearSpring (device), a mechanical partSpring (hydrosphere), a natural source of waterIn film and television:The Spring, a 1989 film about the Fountain of Youth"Spring" (Pee-wee's Playhouse), an episode of the American children's show Pee-wee's PlayhouseSpring (television soap), a Flemish-Belgian television seriesIn mathematics, science, and technology:Spring (mathematics), in geometry, a surface of revolution in the shape of a helix with thicknessSpring (operating system), an experimental operating system from Sun MicrosystemsSpring (computer game), an open-source RTS game inspired by Total AnnihilationSpring Framework, Spring for short, an open source application framework for the Java platform
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Spring! is a brand of water produced by CCDA Waters, a subsidiary of Coca-Cola.
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Noun
1. the season of growth; "the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring"; "he will hold office until the spring of next year"
(synonym) springtime
(hypernym) season, time of year
(part-meronym) March, Mar
2. a natural flow of ground water
(synonym) fountain, outflow, outpouring, natural spring
(hypernym) geological formation, formation
(hyponym) Fountain of Youth
3. a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed; "the spring was broken"
(hypernym) elastic device
(hyponym) bedspring
4. a light springing movement upwards or forwards
(synonym) leap, leaping, saltation, bound, bounce
(hypernym) jump, jumping
(hyponym) caper, capriole
(derivation) bounce, resile, take a hop, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
5. the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
(synonym) give, springiness
(hypernym) elasticity, snap
6. a point at which water issues forth
(hypernym) beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
Verb
1. move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
(synonym) jump, leap, bound
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) pronk
(derivation) leap, leaping, saltation, bound, bounce
2. develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began to take shape"
(synonym) form, take form, take shape
(hypernym) become
(hyponym) regenerate
3. spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
(synonym) bounce, resile, take a hop, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
(hypernym) jump, leap, bound
(hyponym) kick back, recoil, kick
(derivation) leap, leaping, saltation, bound, bounce
4. produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; "He sprang a new haircut on his wife"
(hypernym) produce, bring on, bring out
5. develop suddenly; "The tire sprang a leak"
(hypernym) grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
6. produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; "He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving"
(hypernym) disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out

v. jump, leap, spring, vault, pounce, bounce, hop; crack, split, burst

v. spring, bound, jump, leap, vault, bounce, capriole, hop, skip, frisk, rupture, explode, dehisce, ramp