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.
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