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Escape Wheel
see synonyms of escape wheelNoun
1. escape wheel
gear that engages a rocking lever
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Escape Wheel
see synonyms of escape wheelnoun
horology
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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Escape Wheel
see synonyms of escape wheeln.
The rotating notched wheel periodically engaged and disengaged by the anchor in an escapement.
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