Word: escapements
Translations: escapements
escapements in spanish
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spanish
Translations:
escapes, escapes de
escapements in german
Dictionary:
german
Translations:
hemmungen, Hemmungen, Escapements, Hemmungs
escapements in french
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french
Translations:
échappements, échappées, les échappées, des échappées, échappée
escapements in italian
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italian
Translations:
scappamenti, scappamento, scappamento a, scappamenti di, scappamenti a
escapements in portuguese
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portuguese
Translations:
escapamentos, escapes, escapamento, escapos, escapes de
escapements in dutch
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dutch
Translations:
uitnemers, echappement, echappement bevindt, echappement bevindt zich over, echappement bevindt zich
escapements in russian
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russian
Translations:
спусками
escapements in polish
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polish
Translations:
wychwytów
escapements in greek
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greek
Translations:
αποδράσεις, τις αποδράσεις
escapements in ukrainian
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ukrainian
Translations:
спусками
escapements in belarusian
Dictionary:
belarusian
Translations:
спускамі
The meaning and "use of": escapements
noun
- a mechanism in a clock or watch that alternately checks and releases the train by a fixed amount and transmits a periodic impulse from the spring or weight to the balance wheel or pendulum. - In 1730 Harrison visited London, taking with him his gridiron pendulum and the grasshopper escapement which he had developed, and there he learnt exactly what was required to win the longitude prize.