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Meaning of "escapement" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ESCAPEMENT

escapement  [ɪˈskeɪpmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ESCAPEMENT

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Escapement is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ESCAPEMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

escapement

Escapement

An escapement is a device in mechanical watches and clocks that transfers energy to the timekeeping element and allows the number of its oscillations to be counted. The impulse action transfers energy to the clock's timekeeping element to replace the energy lost to friction during its cycle and keep the timekeeper oscillating. The escapement is driven by force from a coiled spring or a suspended weight, transmitted through the timepiece's gear train. Each swing of the pendulum or balance wheel releases a tooth of the escapement's escape wheel gear, allowing the clock's gear train to advance or "escape" by a fixed amount. This regular periodic advancement moves the clock's hands forward at a steady rate. At the same time the tooth gives the timekeeping element a push, before another tooth catches on the escapement's pallet, returning the escapement to its "locked" state. The sudden stopping of the escapement's tooth is what generates the characteristic "ticking" sound heard in operating mechanical clocks and watches.

Definition of escapement in the English dictionary

The first definition of escapement in the dictionary is a mechanism consisting of an escape wheel and anchor, used in timepieces to provide periodic impulses to the pendulum or balance. Other definition of escapement is any similar mechanism that regulates movement, usually consisting of toothed wheels engaged by rocking levers. Escapement is also the mechanism that allows the hammer to clear the string after striking, so that the string can vibrate.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ESCAPEMENT


advertisement
ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt
agreement
əˈɡriːmənt
apartment
əˈpɑːtmənt
assessment
əˈsɛsmənt
department
dɪˈpɑːtmənt
development
dɪˈvɛləpmənt
document
ˈdɒkjʊmənt
element
ˈɛlɪmənt
employment
ɪmˈplɔɪmənt
encampment
ɪnˈkæmpmənt
entrapment
ɪnˈtræpmənt
envelopment
ɪnˈveləpmənt
equipment
ɪˈkwɪpmənt
redevelopment
ˌriːdɪˈvɛləpmənt
reequipment
ˌriːɪˈkwɪpmənt
reshipment
riːˈʃɪpmənt
scapement
ˈskeɪpmənt
shipment
ˈʃɪpmənt
transhipment
trænˈʃɪpmənt
transshipment
trænsˈʃɪpmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ESCAPEMENT

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
escape wheel
escaped
escapee
escapeless
escaper

WORDS THAT END LIKE ESCAPEMENT

abonnement
achievement
amusement
announcement
arrangement
basement
comment
enforcement
implement
improvement
infringement
involvement
management
measurement
movement
placement
replacement
requirement
retirement
statement
supplement

Synonyms and antonyms of escapement in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «escapement» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ESCAPEMENT

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

Translator English - Chinese

擒纵
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

escape
570 millions of speakers

English

escapement
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भगदड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ميزان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

спуск
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

escapo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পলায়নের উপায়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

échappement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melarikan diri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hemmung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

エスケープメント
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이스케이프
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Escapement
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cửa nước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தப்பி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पटकन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

saat maşası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scappamento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spływających
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спуск
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

evadare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαφυγής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontsnapping
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gång
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Escapement
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of escapement

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ESCAPEMENT»

The term «escapement» is regularly used and occupies the 98.791 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ESCAPEMENT» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ESCAPEMENT»

Discover the use of escapement in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to escapement and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Escapement
A follow-up to Mainspring finds genius sorceress Paolina Barthes, a shipwreck survivor who grew up in isolation on the immense Equatorial Wall in the middle of the ocean, setting out in the hopes of acquiring an education, only to be ...
Jay Lake, 2008
2
The Practical Watch Escapement
This book explains the action of the escapement in terms accessible to both expert and layman, and is accompanied by a series of detailed line drawings.
George Daniels, 2014
3
The Clock Repairer's Handbook
Vienna type dead-beat The only difference between the type of dead-beat escapement that is found in the Vienna regulator and the Graham is the construction of the pallets; the operation and geometry remain the same. The escapement ...
Laurie Penman, 2010
4
Clock Repairing as a Hobby: An Illustrated How-to Guide for ...
The Graham escapement is usually designed to embrace seven teeth of the escape wheel (Figure 6), although a design spanning ten teeth (Figure 7) has been used for large clocks and astronomical regulators. When the lesser number of ...
Harold C. Kelly, 2007
5
Ingenium: Five Machines That Changed the World
Five historical devices -- bow and arrow, waterwheel, trebuchet, pendulum clock anchor escapement, and steam engine governor -- capture the imagination of physicist Mark Denny.
Mark Denny, 2007
6
Prize-essay ... on the detached lever escapement for watches ...
1) A. Mudge's lever escapement. B. Rack lever escapement 2) Lever- escapement with ratchet-wheel and circular pallet, 3) Lever-escapement with ratchet-wheel and equidistant lockings. 4) Pin-anchor. 5) A. Pin-anchor, jewelled. B. Pin-anchor ...
Moritz Grossmann, 1866
7
Prize Essay. A practical and theoretical treatise on the ...
Diagrams. l) A. Mudge's lever escapement. B. Rack lever escapement 2) Lever- escapement with ratchet-wheel and circular pallet. 3) Lever-escapement with ratchet-wheel and equidistant lockings. 4) Pin-anchor. 5) A. Pin-anchor, jewelled.
Moritz GROSSMANN, 1866
8
Measuring Time: Teacher's Guide
Constructing. a. Clock. Escapement. Overview. and. Objectives. In the last three lessons, students investigated the characteristics of pendulums. Over the next three lessons, students will explore how a pendulum can be used to keep track of  ...
‎1994
9
Description of Bond's isodynamic escapement, for ...
the escapement. The mere diminishing of the friction is not the only, or even the principal desideratum in such improvement; the equalizing of the force is of far more consequence, as is sufficiently- proved by the single instance of the ...
Richard F. Bond, 1860
10
Escapement
Jay Lake. “And so the avebianco?” “The Feathered Masks, yes.” Childress shook her head, stepping around a rope coil. They approached the stern and another walk round the rail. The tall Scandinavian still following along. “I had always ...
Jay Lake, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ESCAPEMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term escapement is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Temptation Thursday by Escapement: Patek Philippe Perpetual …
I am a Lancastrian. I was born in Blackburn, a locale once synonymous with cotton weaving. In the late 18th Century, the advent of the industrial ... «Watchtime.com, Jul 15»
2
ADF&G downgrades sockeye projection
The Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) announced Monday The Naknek River escapement over the weekend was 49,000 sockeye, ... «IntraFish.com, Jul 15»
3
Tribes got more say on management, but not more fish
... Canadian border at Eagle, ADFG has little indication of whether the Canadian escapement goal minimum of 42,500 fish will be met this year. «Alaskajournal.com, Jul 15»
4
Drifters, setnetters to fish at Kasilof River mouth
Shields said it is difficult to control escapement within that time frame because of the speed and volume with which sockeye salmon bypass the ... «Kenai Peninsula Online, Jul 15»
5
Alaska trollers suffer unfair king salmon quotas amid strong returns
Sadly, some folks to the south would rather destroy these magnificent fish by letting five times the escapement goal return to a drought-stricken ... «Alaska Dispatch News, Jul 15»
6
Breguet Marine Chronographe "200 Ans de Marine"
Technically, the 24-jewel movement features an inveterate in-line lever escapement with silicon pallets, an annular balance on a flat spring and ... «Watchtime.com, Jul 15»
7
Fish and Game downgrades Kvichak River run
The new target escapement is 2.3 million sockeye. Through Sunday, 910,000 had been counted as escapement. The forecast to the Kvichak ... «KDLG, Jul 15»
8
Part III: Chef William Dissen takes readers on a sustainable sourcing …
The commercial fishery is highly regulated by the state and only opens when the fishery allows for enough escapement upstream to properly ... «Mountain Xpress, Jul 15»
9
Infected salmon just another problem for Yukon subsistence fishermen
Schmidt says it's possible that king escapement goals will be reached this year, but conservative management strategies will continue to ... «Ktoo, Jul 15»
10
Bristol Bay sockeye catch still climbing
"This indicates either that run per index, or the number of fish seen inshore as catch or escapement for fish caught out at the Port Moller transect ... «Bristol Bay Times, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Escapement [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/escapement>. May 2024 ».
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