Associations to the word «Escapement»
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Wiktionary
ESCAPEMENT, noun. The contrivance in a timepiece (winding wrist watch) which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration.
ESCAPEMENT, noun. A mechanism found in devices such as a typewriter or printer which controls lateral motion of the carriage
ESCAPEMENT, noun. An escape or means of escape
Dictionary definition
ESCAPEMENT, noun. Mechanical device that regulates movement.
Wise words
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