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Verge escapement

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escapementnoun(clocks, mechanics) The linkage in a (watch) that gives impulses to the timekeeping element and periodically releases the gear train to move forward, advancing the clock's hands.
escape wheelnoun(horology) Synonym of scape-wheel
scape-wheelnoun(horology) The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into whose teeth the pallets play.
clockworknounA mechanism powered by a coiled spring and regulated by some form of escapement; the power is transmitted through toothed gearwheels and used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device.
tourbillonnoun(horology) A rotating frame, containing the escapement of a clock or watch, that attempts to compensate for the effects of gravity.
watchspringnounThe mainspring in a mechanical watch (timepiece).
balance wheelnounThe timekeeping device normally used in mechanical watches and small clocks, consisting of a wheel which oscillates due to a coiled spring.
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.
rack and snailnouna mechanism in a striking timepiece that allows the hands to be advanced without having to wait for it to strike
countwheelnounThe wheel in a clock that regulates the number of strokes.
geneva mechanismnoun(mechanics) A mechanism that translates a continuous rotation into an intermittent rotary motion, using an intermittent gear where the drive wheel has a pin that reaches into a slot of the driven wheel and thereby advances it by one step, and having a raised circular blocking disc that locks the driven wheel in position between steps.
swing wheelnounThe wheel that drives a clock's pendulum, corresponding to the balance wheel in a watch.
reversing gearnounA mechanism used to control the direction of travel of a steam locomotive.
cogwheelnounA gear wheel.
bankingnounThe business of managing a bank.
karruselnounThe carousel of a clock or watch
geneva wheelnoun(mechanics) A mechanism that translates a continuous rotation into an intermittent rotary motion.
going barrelnoun(horology) A barrel containing the mainspring, with teeth on its periphery to drive the train.
gearworknounA mechanical assembly of gears.
mainspringnoun(figuratively) The most important reason for, or element of, something.

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