escapement Definition
es·cape·ment (e skāp′mənt, i-)
noun
- Rare the action of escaping or a means of escape
- the part in a mechanical clock or watch that controls the speed and regularity of the balance wheel or pendulum, and thereby of the entire mechanism, by the movement of a notched wheel (escape wheel), one tooth of which is permitted to escape from the detaining catch at a time
- a ratchet mechanism, esp. one in typewriters that regulates the horizontal movement of the carriage
escapement Usage Examples
Converse of object
- have: The movement has a dead beat escapement with a duration of 8 days, made about 1900 - 1910 as a factory clock originally.
- recoil: In practice however the recoil escapement is often more suitable.
- spawn: A series of National Byelaws are also being considered to reduce exploitation of spring salmon and enhance spawning escapement.
- show: The escapement shown below can produce very high speed intermittent rotary motion.
- detach: Invented the cylindrical balance spring and the detached detent escapement ( 1782 ).
- call: It had a modified form of the anchor escapement called the ' dead beat ' escapement.
Preposition: for
clock: He probably devised the anchor escapement for clocks and was certainly the inventor of a gear-cutting device which simplified clock and watch manufacture.
Adjective modifier
- dead-beat: The clock has a " dead-beat escapement " which would make it unusually accurate for a long-case clock.
- inverse: The adjustable rate escapement shown in below resembles the inverse escapement in **** .
- new: The new escapement is a modified form of anchor escapement.
Modifies a noun
- lever: A hopper or escapement lever is attached to the keylever, and acts directly on the hammer butt.
- mechanism: No clock face, just bells They were made of hand-forged iron; a simple escapement mechanism regulated the speed.
- wheel: The characteristic feature of rotifers is the crown of cilia, which in some species resembles the escapement wheel of a watch.
- file: What you therefore need ( nay, what you dream of ) for tiny work is the genuine Swiss escapement file.
Noun used with modifier
- detent: Thomas Earnshaw made further simplifications, including the spring detent escapement which needed no lubrication.
- verge: However the invention of the verge escapement in Europe in the 14 th century led to a revolution in mechanical clocks.
- anchor: Second hands did not become common until the anchor escapement further improved clock accuracy.
- lever: This is true, for example, of the lever escapement, where the interposition of the lever prevents recoil from affecting the balance.
- cylinder: In 1725, he invented the cylinder escapement for balance spring watches [ F.A.B.
- deadbeat: It has of course Deadbeat escapement with Maintaining power.
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