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es·cape·ment (e skāpmənt, i-)

noun

  1. Rare the action of escaping or a means of escape
  2. 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
  3. a ratchet mechanism, esp. one in typewriters that regulates the horizontal movement of the carriage

Etymology: escape + -ment, after Fr échappement

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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