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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A mechanism found in devices such as a typewriter or printer which controls lateral motion of the carriage.
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
Escapement Sentence Examples
He is credited with the invention of the anchor escapement for clocks, and also with the application of spiral springs to the balances of watches, together with the explanation of their action by the principle Ut tensio sic vis (1676).
The motion of the fork is maintained by the clock acting through an escapement, and the dial registers both the number Koenig's of vibrations of the fork and the seconds, minutes and Tuning-fork hours.
According to a revised mining law of 1899 (subsequently amended), all mines are required to be in charge of certified mine managers, mine examiners, and hoisting engineers, when the services of the engineers are necessary; and every mine must have an escapement shaft distinct from the hoisting shaft.
The number of men permitted to work in any mine not having an escapement shaft cannot, in any circumstances, exceed ten during.