Escapement Definition

ĭ-skāpmənt
noun
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.
Webster's New World
The action of escaping or a means of escape.
Webster's New World
A ratchet mechanism, esp. one in typewriters that regulates the horizontal movement of the carriage.
Webster's New World
An escape.
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Noun

Singular:
escapement
Plural:
escapements

Escapement Sentence Examples

  • The number of men permitted to work in any mine not having an escapement shaft cannot, in any circumstances, exceed ten during.

  • The movement has a dead beat escapement with a duration of 8 days, made about 1900 - 1910 as a factory clock originally.

  • A series of National Byelaws are also being considered to reduce exploitation of spring salmon and enhance spawning escapement.

  • Invented the cylindrical balance spring and the detached detent escapement (1782 ).

  • It had a modified form of the anchor escapement called the ' dead beat ' escapement called the ' dead beat ' escapement.

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