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Escapement
Meaning
Noun
●
In Mechanics:
The
contrivance
in a
timepiece
(winding
wristwatch
) 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.
●
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 number of
fish
that
escape
commercial
fishing
operations
and
travel
upstream
to spawn.
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