Meaning Of The Word Escape wheel
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Escape wheel Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Escape wheel?
escape wheel in American English
noun: a toothed wheel for regulating a going train to which it is geared, engaging intermittently with the pallets of a pendulum or balance mechanism in such a way as to cause the mechanism to oscillate rhythmically, and in so doing free the going train for par escape wheel in British English noun: a toothed wheel that engages intermittently with a balance wheel or pendulum, causing the mechanism to oscillate and thereby moving the hands of a clock or watch |
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