Definition:
escapements
- escapementsESCAPEMENT, a part of a clock or watch connecting the wheelwork with the pendulum or balance, and allowing a tooth to escape at each vibration also SCAPEMENT
- escapementsA mechanism in a typewriter that shifts the carriage a small fixed amount to the left after a key is pressed and released
- escapementsA mechanism in a clock or watch that alternately checks and releases the train by a fixed amount and transmits a periodic impulse from the spring or weight to the balance wheel or pendulum
- escapementsThe part of the mechanism in a piano that enables the hammer to fall back as soon as it has struck the string