ESCAPEMENT
\ɛskˈe͡ɪpmənt], \ɛskˈeɪpmənt], \ɛ_s_k_ˈeɪ_p_m_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of ESCAPEMENT
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The act of escaping; escape.
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Way of escape; vent.
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The contrivance in a timepiece 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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The act of escaping; escape.
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Way of escape; vent.
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The contrivance in a timepiece 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.
By Noah Webster.
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A mechanical device for securing regularity of movement; used in clocks, watches, and motors.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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The mechanism by which the irregular action produced by the mainspring of a watch or the weights of a clock is checked and rendered regular.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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