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How to pronounce “escapement”
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Pronunciation guide for escapement
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- Practice the English pronunciation of escapement with real speech in context.
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a grasshopper escapement, which is normally
- Definition summary
- (clocks, mechanics) The linkage in a (watch) that gives impulses to the timekeeping element and periodically releases the gear train to move forward, advancing the clock's hands.
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a grasshopper escapement, which is normally
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- (clocks, mechanics) The linkage in a (watch) that gives impulses to the timekeeping element and periodically releases the gear train to move forward, advancing the clock's hands.
- A mechanism found in devices such as a typewriter or printer which controls lateral motion of the carriage.
- An escape or a means of escape.
- The number of fish that escape commercial fishing operations and travel upstream to spawn.
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