Word
Escapement
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
es-cape-ment
Definition
- n. - The act of escaping; escape.
- n. - Way of escape; vent.
- n. - The contrivance in a timepiece 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.
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