escapement in English

noun
1
a mechanism in a clock or watch that alternately checks and releases the train by a fixed amount and transmits a periodic impulse from the spring or weight to the balance wheel or pendulum.
In 1730 Harrison visited London, taking with him his gridiron pendulum and the grasshopper escapement which he had developed, and there he learnt exactly what was required to win the longitude prize.

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1. The Co-Axial escapement consists of a balance roller carrying a pallet and an impulse pin, an anchor with three pallets, and a three-level Coaxial escapement wheel comprising the co-axial wheel

2. Aftertouch is the distance a piano key moves with diminished resistance after the escapement of the jack is complete

3. The cylindrical firing pin is seated concentrically within a frame (30) and disposed over an escapement assembly featuring the detonator (26).

4. spawn relative to the escapement achieved in the absence of fishing or other human activities affecting the fishery or the stock.

5. (adjective) He is Credited with the invention of the anchor escapement for clocks, and also with the application of spiral springs to the balances of watches, together with the explanation of their action by the principle Ut tensio sic vis (1676).