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Scape-wheel — n. (Horol.) The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scape-wheel — scapeˈ wheel noun An escape wheel • • • Main Entry: ↑scape … Useful english dictionary
scape wheel — n. escape wheel (see ESCAPEMENT, sense 2) … English World dictionary
scape wheel — noun Etymology: scape (II) : escape wheel * * * Horol. See escape wheel. [1815 25] * * * scape wheel, the toothed wheel in the escapement of a watch or clock that actuates the pendulum or balance … Useful english dictionary
scape wheel — gear, wheel with ridged teeth on it … English contemporary dictionary
Balance wheel — Bal ance wheel 1. (Horology) (a) A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock; often called simply a {balance}. (b) A ratchet shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Swing wheel — Swing Swing, n. 1. The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum. [1913 Webster] 2. Swaying motion from one side or direction to the other; as, some men… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
escape wheel — Horol. a toothed wheel for regulating a going train to which it is geared, engaging intermittently with the pallets of a pendulum or balance mechanism in such a way as to cause the mechanism to oscillate rhythmically, and in so doing free the… … Universalium
Faraday Wheel — A Faraday wheel is an early generator invented by Michael Faraday. The design is very similar to the homopolar generator. Unlike the Homopolar Generator the Faraday wheel does not utilize a magnetic field.The Faraday Wheel utilizes radial… … Wikipedia
Escapement — redirects here. For the fisheries term for the stock surviving fishing pressures over a spawning cycle, see Spawn (biology). For other uses, see Escapement (disambiguation). A deadbeat escapement, used in many pendulum clocks. Click above to see… … Wikipedia
