Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In horology, a kind of escapement in which a uniform impulse is given to the pendulum or balance by a special contrivance upon which the train of wheel-work acts, instead of communicating directly with the pendulum or balance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Horology) See under
escapement .
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- noun a device in a
clock which provides a regular impulse to thependulum
Etymologies
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French remontoir.
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Examples
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Hooke, the contemporary of Newton, gave it the balance-wheel, with the spiral spring, and various escapements in succession were devised, such as the anchor, the dead-beat, the duplex, the remontoir.
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Hooke, the contemporary of Newton, gave it the balance-wheel, with the spiral spring, and various escapements in succession were devised, such as the anchor, the dead-beat, the duplex, the remontoir.
History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science John William Draper 1846
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