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escape wheel
n.
The rotating notched wheel periodically engaged and disengaged by the anchor in an escapement.
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escape wheel
n
(Horology) horology 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
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| Noun | 1. |  escape wheel - gear that engages a rocking lever escapement - mechanical device that regulates movement cogwheel, gear, gear wheel, geared wheel - a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion |
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