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Countwheel

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balance wheelnounThe timekeeping device normally used in mechanical watches and small clocks, consisting of a wheel which oscillates due to a coiled spring.
swing wheelnounThe wheel that drives a clock's pendulum, corresponding to the balance wheel in a watch.
pattern wheelnounSynonym of countwheel.
snail-wheelnounIn some striking timepieces, a rotating piece with a spiral periphery having notches so arranged as to determine the number of strokes made on the bell.
clockweightnounOne of the weights that regulate the mechanism of a clock.
crown wheelnounAn object of circular shape with contrate teeth, used in milling and watchmaking.
balancenoun(uncountable) A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
starwheelnounA star-shaped disk, used as a kind of ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions of some machines.
karruselnounThe carousel of a clock or watch
counterwheelnoun(engineering) A contrate wheel.
cartwheelnounA gymnastic maneuver whereby the gymnast rotates to one side or the other while keeping arms and legs outstretched, spinning for one or more revolutions.
escape wheelnoun(horology) Synonym of scape-wheel
thumbwheelnounA small thumb or finger-operated wheel on a mechanical or electronic device.
ratchet wheelnounA toothed wheel either held in position or turned by an engaging detent or pawl.
wheelnounA circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
scape-wheelnoun(horology) The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into whose teeth the pallets play.
windernounA textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth.
cogwheelnounA gear wheel.
wheelworknounAn assembly of wheels serving a mechanical purpose.
clockwindernounA person employed to wind up clocks.

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