Spring Explained

Spring(s) may refer to:

Common uses

• Spring (season), a season of the year
• Spring (device), a mechanical device that stores energy
• Spring (hydrology), a natural source of water
• Spring (mathematics), a geometric surface in the shape of a helically coiled tube
• Spring (political terminology), often used to name periods of political liberalization
• Springs (tide), in oceanography, the maximum tide, occurs twice a month during the full and new moon

Places

• Spring (Milz), a river in Thuringia, Germany
• Spring, Alabel, a barangay unit in Alabel, Sarangani Province, Philippines
• Șpring, a commune in Alba County, Romania
• Șpring (river), a river in Alba County, Romania
• Springs, Gauteng, South Africa
• Springs, the location of Dubai British School, Dubai

United States

• Springs, New York, a part of East Hampton, New York
• Springs, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
• Spring, Texas, a census-designated place
• Spring District, neighborhood in Bellevue, Washington

People

• Spring (given name)
• Spring (surname), including a list of people with the name

Groups

• Spring baronets, of Pakenham
• Spring family, English noble family

People with the given name

• Spring Byington (1886–1971), American actress

Arts, entertainment and media

Paintings

• The Spring (La Primavera), by Giuseppe Arcimboldo
• Spring (painting), an 1894 oil painting by Lawrence Alma-Tadema
• The Spring (or La Source), a painting by Francis Picabia
• Primavera (Botticelli) (English translation: Spring), a painting by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1482
• Spring, a painting by Édouard Manet
• Spring, a painting by Christopher Williams

Film

• In Spring (1929 film) (Весной), a Soviet film
• Spring (1969 film), an Estonian film
• Spring (2014 film), an American romantic science fiction horror film
• Spring (2019 film), an animated short film created by the Blender Institute

Television

• "Spring" (Pee-wee's Playhouse), an episode of Pee-wee's Playhouse
• Spring (TV series), a Flemish-Belgian television series

Literature

• Spring (Runelords), a character in The Runelords series of fantasy novels by David Farland
• Spring (Kevade), a novel by Oskar Luts, basis for the 1969 film

Music

Groups

• Spring (band), an English band, or the band's only album
• Spring (Belgian band), a group that performed at Marktrock in 2004
• American Spring, a 1970s pop music duo, known from 1971/'72 as "Spring"
• Springs, a Japanese band, formed by Aya Hirano, Yuuki Yoshida, Ayaka Itō

Albums and EPs

• Spring (Wallows EP), 2018
• Spring (Akdong Musician EP), 2016
• Spring (American Spring album), 1972
• Spring (April EP), 2016
• Spring (Cyann & Ben album), 2004
• Spring (Jon Foreman EP), 2008
• Spring (Irène Schweizer and Jürg Wickihalder album), 2014
• Spring (Tony Williams album), 1965
• Spring (single album), by Park Bom, 2019
• Spring, an album by Clay Hart, 1969
• Spring, an EP by Subtle, 2003
• Spring!, an album by The Lettermen, (1967)
• , an album by Finn Coren, 1997
  • , a follow-up album, 1998

Songs

• "Spring" (Rammstein song)
• "Spring" (RMB song), 1996
• Spring (Tanya Tucker song), 1975

Classical works

• "Spring" (concerto), "La primavera", from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons
• Spring (Rachmaninoff), a 1902 cantata by Sergei Rachmaninoff
• "Spring" (sonata), Violin Sonata No. 5 by Beethoven
• In Spring, a symphony by John Knowles Paine
• Spring Quartet, String Quartet No. 14 by Mozart
• Spring Symphony, a symphony by Benjamin Britten
• Symphony No. 1 (Schumann) (Spring), by Robert Schumann
• "Spring", song by Frédéric Chopin

Other media

• Spring: A Journal of Archetype and Culture, a psychology journal

Brands and organizations

• Spring (company), a computer software company owned by Pivotal Software
• Spring (formerly Teespring), an e-commerce company that allows people to create and sell custom apparel
• Spring (store), a Canada-based shoe retailer
• Spring Airlines, a Chinese airline
• Spring! (brand), a brand of bottled water
• Springs Global, a Brazil-based corporation
• Spring (political party), a movement in Poland
• SPRING Singapore, a governmental department of Singapore
• Dacia Spring, an electric city car

Science and technology

• Spring green, occurs between green and cyan in the visible spectrum

Computing

• Spring (application), an E-commerce platform
• Spring (game engine), an open-source RTS engine
• Spring (operating system), an experimental operating system from Sun Microsystems
• SPRING, a GIS and remote-sensing image-processing system with an object-oriented data-model
• Spring Framework, an application-framework for the Java platform

Other uses

• Sacred spring, a revered spring or well
• Spring (building), a residential condominium in Austin, Texas, US
• Springs Christian Academy, a private school in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
• Forward or aft spring, a method of mooring a vessel to a shore fixture

See also

• • • , for articles related to the season
• , for articles related to the water source
• , for articles related to the device
• Fountain (disambiguation)
• Hooke's law, for the mathematical model of certain processes
• Primavera (disambiguation)
• Printemps (disambiguation)
• Spring Creek (disambiguation)
• Spring equinox (disambiguation)
• Spring Lake (disambiguation)
• Spring River (disambiguation)
• Spring Township (disambiguation)
• Springer (disambiguation)
• Springfield (disambiguation)
• Springleaf (disambiguation)
• Springtime (disambiguation)
• Springville (disambiguation)
• Sprung (disambiguation)