escapement meaning
ENWEscapement
- An escapement is a device in mechanical watches and clocks that transfers energy to the timekeeping element (the "impulse action") and allows the number of its oscillations to be counted (the "locking action").
- NounPLescapementsSUF-ement
- The contrivance in a timepiece (winding wrist watch) which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration.
- a mechanism found in devices such as a typewriter or printer which controls lateral motion of the carriage.
- an escape or means of escape.
- The contrivance in a timepiece (winding wrist watch) which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration.
Definition of escapement in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "escapement" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.