Thesaurus: escapement

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1. n. The act of escaping; escape.
2. n. Way of escape; vent.
3. n. The contrivance in a timepiece which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration.
4. n. mechanical device that regulates movement
5. n:100 n. mechanical device that regulates movement