Escapement definition
A mechanism consisting in general of an escape wheel and an anchor, used especially in timepieces to control movement of the wheel and to provide periodic energy impulses to a pendulum or balance.
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A mechanism, as in a typewriter, that controls the lateral movement of the carriage.
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An escape.
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A means or way of escape.
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(rare) The action of escaping or a means of escape.
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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.
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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.
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A ratchet mechanism, esp. one in typewriters that regulates the horizontal movement of the carriage.
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Alternative Forms
Alternative Form of escapement -
scapement
Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
escapement
Plural:
escapements