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Meaning of "escape wheel" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ESCAPE WHEEL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ESCAPE WHEEL

noun
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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Escape wheel is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ESCAPE WHEEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of escape wheel in the English dictionary

The definition of escape wheel in the dictionary is a toothed wheel that engages intermittently with a balance wheel or pendulum, causing the mechanism to oscillate and thereby moving the hands of a clock or watch Also called: scapewheel.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ESCAPE WHEEL

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escape chute
escape clause
escape cock
escape device
escape hatch
escape key
escape mechanism
escape pipe
escape plan
escape road
escape route
escape routine
escape shaft
escape valve
escape velocity
escaped
escapee
escapeless
escapement

WORDS THAT END LIKE ESCAPE WHEEL

at the wheel
cartwheel
chain wheel
cogwheel
driving wheel
Ferris wheel
fifth wheel
flywheel
freewheel
heel
medicine wheel
paddle wheel
pinwheel
ratchet wheel
rear wheel
spare wheel
steering wheel
the wheel
thumbwheel
wheel
wire wheel

Synonyms and antonyms of escape wheel in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «escape wheel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ESCAPE WHEEL

Find out the translation of escape wheel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of escape wheel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «escape wheel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

擒纵轮
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rueda de escape
570 millions of speakers

English

escape wheel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भागने पहिया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عجلة الهروب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

спусковое колесо
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

roda de escape
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অব্যাহতি চাকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

roue d´échappement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melarikan diri roda
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ankerrad
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ガンギ車
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이스케이프 휠
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nylametake roda
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thoát khỏi bánh xe
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தப்பிக்க சக்கரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पलायन चाक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kaçış tekerleği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ruota di scappamento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

koło ucieczki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спусковий колесо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

roată de evacuare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τροχός διαφυγής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontsnap wiel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

escape wheel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

escape wheel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of escape wheel

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ESCAPE WHEEL»

The term «escape wheel» is normally little used and occupies the 132.060 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ESCAPE WHEEL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about escape wheel

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ESCAPE WHEEL»

Discover the use of escape wheel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to escape wheel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Clock Repairer's Handbook
... or pits 28 Replace pallets, turn escape wheel, move crutch by hand 29 Examine pallets for wear 30 Check depth of pallets into wheel 31 Remove platform from mov'm't & gently operate escape-wheel pinion with one finger 32 Examine holes ...
Laurie Penman, 2013
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Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor
398 Cleaning minute wheel in acid and gilding it . . . . . . . . _ -_ Stans ljars, gas furnace. and ~ ett es. . 391 Brnshing minute wheel . . _ . . . . . . . . . _ . _ . . . . . . _ . . . . . . _ . .. Brass-wire brushes ........... ._1 395 Punching escape wheel from sheet ...
United States. Bureau of Labor, 1899
3
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
In a railway signal mechanism, an escape-wheel, a motor for driving the same, a stop for the wheel, means for releasing the stop, a verge-beam actuated by the escape-wheel, and a pivotally supported swinging bell yieldably connected with  ...
4
Repair and Restore Your 400-Day Clock
The escape wheel then starts to turn freely until the opposite descending pallet intercepts another tooth from the escape wheel. So we see that the escape wheel impulses the pallet; the pallet, coupled to the anchor and anchor pin, impulses ...
Joseph Rabushka, 2010
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Amateur Mechanics: Illustrated Monthly Magazine
16,8oo being the number of beats given in an hour in the above problem, this, when divided by 28, double the number of escape-wheel teeth, gives 6oo — the number of turns the escape-wheel will make in an hour. The pinions are then ...
6
Specifications and Drawings of Patents Relating to ...
nation, with an escape-wheel, its motor, its re- straining-anchor, and a controlling device for vibrating said anchor, of an impulse-tooth acted on by the escape-teeth , a spring ar- 5 ranged to exert a tension against said impulse-tooth in the ...
United States. Patent Office, 1890
7
Repertory of patent inventions and other discoveries and ...
escape-wheel, and thus removes its catch from the face of the impulse lever, and permits it to act on the other pallet, and through it to renew and increase the motion of the balance. The detent of the escape-wheel passes across the impulse ...
8
The technical educator, an encyclopædia
In the first escapement described we have the pallets shutting off, so to speak, the rotary or centrifugal force of the escape- wheel for regular intervals, during which the balance move3 as free of the escapement as if it was a mile away from it ...
Technical educator, 1871
9
The Repertory of Patent Inventions: And Other Discoveries ...
escape-wheel, and thus removes its catch from the face of the impulse lever, and permits it to act on the other pallet, and through it to renew and increase the motion of the balance. The detent of the escape-wheel passes across the impulse ...
10
The Robot: The Life Story of a Technology
The distance the balance weights are set from the center of the crossbar determines the period of oscillation, or movement to and fro. The escape wheel drops freely for about 2: until one of its teeth makes contact with a pallet on the verge.
Lisa Nocks, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ESCAPE WHEEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term escape wheel is used in the context of the following news items.
1
L-evolution Collection - Tourbillon Carrousel
The escape wheel's pinion rotates as it turns around the exterior of the fixed seconds wheel. This rotation is the means by which the required ... «World Tempus, Jun 15»
2
Temptation Thursday by Escapement: Nomos Glashütte Lambda …
It consists of the balance staff, balance wheel, balance spring, pallet lever, escape wheel and a number of other tiny parts such as pallet jewels, ... «Watchtime.com, Jun 15»
3
Ulysse Nardin shows world first silicon escapement
... staff, while refinements to the geometry of the pallet fork, escape wheel and flat springs meant a constant force escapement was possible. «WatchPro.com, May 15»
4
Bulgari gets smart, Nomos Glashütte and Romaine Jerome have …
... produce a complete watch, including the highly precise escapement (consisting of balance wheel, balance spring, escape wheel and pallet, ... «The Australian, Apr 15»
5
Disarmed Forces: Testing the Omega Seamaster 300
All moving components, including the balance wheel, balance spring, pallets and escape wheel are made of materials that resist the force of ... «Watchtime.com, Apr 15»
6
Sirius Moon Phase Diamonds
Among its special features are a skeletonized rotor with côtes de Genève; a polished pallet lever and escape wheel and bridges and plates ... «World Tempus, Mar 15»
7
David Zanetta delivers sculpture masterclass
It cradles a patented self-regulating 355-part twin-barrel movement with silicon balance and escape wheel, offering five days' power reserve. «The Australian Financial Review, Mar 15»
8
Escapement Watches Reviews the Perrelet Black and Gold Tourbillon
Framing the tourbillon is an exquisite lattice work detail to the cage, which is further repeated on the neighboring escape wheel. A short ... «Watchtime.com, Mar 15»
9
Renowned British inventor to speak at Design Shanghai
The Dragon is a working component, pulling the escape wheel around the circumference of the clock face. This is made possible by an ... «SourceWire, Mar 15»
10
A Stunning New Minute Repeater Tourbillon from Breguet, the …
The 44mm watch is made complete with a tourbillon that has an escape wheel and hairspring in silicon. The net result: an utterly fascinating ... «Perpetuelle.com, Mar 15»

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