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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
The linkage in a (watch) that gives impulses to the timekeeping element and periodically releases the gear train to move forward, advancing the clock's hands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: clocks
Topics: engineering, mechanical-engineering, mechanics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
A mechanism found in devices such as a typewriter or printer which controls lateral motion of the carriage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An escape or a means of escape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The number of fish that escape commercial fishing operations and travel upstream to spawn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
mechanical device that regulates movement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: mechanical device
History
From escape + -ment. The watch component is so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration.
Across languages
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
