Associations to the word «Escapement»
Noun
- Piano
- Gable
- Disadvantage
- Push
- Georges
- Improvement
- Butt
- Patent
- Motion
- Weight
- Spring
- Device
- Variation
- Beat
- Key
- Barrel
- Drawing
- Manufacture
- Turret
- Drive
- Animation
- Degree
- Perfection
- Mercury
- Globe
- Zhang
- Train
- Hook
- Cycle
- Advantage
- Johann
- Fault
- Double
- Modification
- Error
- Carriage
- Monk
- String
- Lock
- Tower
- Chain
- Robin
- Banking
- Keyboard
- Crown
- Button
- Alarm
- Design
- Movement
- Interval
- Dead
- Wear
Adjective
Wiktionary
ESCAPEMENT, noun. 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.
ESCAPEMENT, noun. A mechanism found in devices such as a typewriter or printer which controls lateral motion of the carriage
ESCAPEMENT, noun. An escape or means of escape
Dictionary definition
ESCAPEMENT, noun. Mechanical device that regulates movement.
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.