"escapement" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪˈskeɪpmənt/ Forms: escapements [plural]
Etymology: escape + -ment. The watch component is so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|escape|ment}} escape + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun}} escapement (plural escapements)
  1. (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. Categories (topical): Mechanics
    Sense id: en-escapement-en-noun-VT~kU0t2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ment Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 20 8 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 53 18 13 16 Topics: engineering, mechanical-engineering, mechanics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. A mechanism found in devices such as a typewriter or printer which controls lateral motion of the carriage. Categories (topical): Typing keyboards Translations (timepiece mechanism): kliko (Esperanto), Hemmung (German), mecanismo de escape [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-escapement-en-noun-X6pvHFFZ Disambiguation of Typing keyboards: 20 57 8 15 Disambiguation of 'timepiece mechanism': 23 73 1 3
  3. An escape or means of escape.
    Sense id: en-escapement-en-noun-eCWyego3
  4. The number of fish that escape commercial fishing operations and travel upstream to spawn.
    Sense id: en-escapement-en-noun-cc20qi8c
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anchor escapement, cross-beat escapement, deadbeat escapement, duplex escapement, Galileo's escapement, lever escapement, pin wheel escapement, Riefler escapement, verge escapement

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