"verge escapement" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: verge escapements [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} verge escapement (plural verge escapements)
  1. One of an early type of mechanism in a mechanical clock that controls its rate by allowing the gear train to advance at regular intervals or 'ticks'. Translations (Translations): Spindelhemmung [feminine] (German), orsójárat (Hungarian)

Inflected forms

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