Definitions for escapements

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escapements es·cape·ment

Spelling: [ih-skeyp-muh nt]

IPA: /ɪˈskeɪp mənt/

Escapements is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 677 anagrams from letters in escapements (aceeemnpsst).

Definitions for escapements

noun

1. Horology. the portion of a watch or clock that measures beats and controls the speed of the going train. Compare anchor escapement, deadbeat (def 1), lever escapement.
2. a mechanism for regulating the motion of a typewriter carriage, consisting of pawls and a toothed wheel or rack.
3. a mechanism in a piano that causes a hammer to fall back into rest position immediately after striking a string.
4. an act of escaping.
5. Archaic. a way of escape; outlet.
6. Horology. the portion of a watch or clock that measures beats and controls the speed of the going train. Compare anchor escapement, deadbeat (def 1), lever escapement.
7. a mechanism for regulating the motion of a typewriter carriage, consisting of pawls and a toothed wheel or rack.
8. a mechanism in a piano that causes a hammer to fall back into rest position immediately after striking a string.
9. an act of escaping.
10. Archaic. a way of escape; outlet.

Origin of escapements

1730-40; escape + -ment (calque of French échappement

Examples for escapements

As improved this escapement was used in the famous Waterbury watches.

There is no jeweling in the escapement or on the other end of the balance staff.

There are many forms of this escapement and there is no need to explain it in detail.

The shaft is permitted by the escapement to revolve once an hour.

There is an escapement, Fig. 4, which is just the opposite to the English.

When the balance-wheel, impelled by the escapement, rotates, it winds up the spring.

escapement, FoliotA form of escapement actuated by a foliot balance.

He was a watchmaker, and made some improvement in the escapement of a watch.

The escapement is in front, so that every tooth is seen as it frees itself.

Therefore, the fifth wheel and its accompaniments are called the "escapement."

The escapement is in front, so that every tooth is seen as it frees itself.

As improved this escapement was used in the famous Waterbury watches.

He was a watchmaker, and made some improvement in the escapement of a watch.

There is no jeweling in the escapement or on the other end of the balance staff.

escapement, FoliotA form of escapement actuated by a foliot balance.

The shaft is permitted by the escapement to revolve once an hour.

There are many forms of this escapement and there is no need to explain it in detail.

When the balance-wheel, impelled by the escapement, rotates, it winds up the spring.

There is an escapement, Fig. 4, which is just the opposite to the English.

Therefore, the fifth wheel and its accompaniments are called the "escapement."