"Geneva mechanism" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "So called from Geneva in Switzerland, an important center of watchmaking.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Geneva mechanisms",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "A mechanism that translates a continuous rotation into an intermittent rotary motion, using an intermittent gear where the drive wheel has a pin that reaches into a slot of the driven wheel and thereby advances it by one step, and having a raised circular blocking disc that locks the driven wheel in position between steps."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "mechanics",
          "mechanics"
        ],
        [
          "continuous",
          "continuous"
        ],
        [
          "rotation",
          "rotation"
        ],
        [
          "intermittent",
          "intermittent"
        ],
        [
          "gear",
          "gear"
        ],
        [
          "drive wheel",
          "drive wheel"
        ],
        [
          "pin",
          "pin"
        ],
        [
          "slot",
          "slot"
        ],
        [
          "driven",
          "driven"
        ],
        [
          "blocking",
          "blocking"
        ],
        [
          "disc",
          "disc"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mechanics) A mechanism that translates a continuous rotation into an intermittent rotary motion, using an intermittent gear where the drive wheel has a pin that reaches into a slot of the driven wheel and thereby advances it by one step, and having a raised circular blocking disc that locks the driven wheel in position between steps."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "mechanical-engineering",
        "mechanics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Geneva mechanism"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "So called from Geneva in Switzerland, an important center of watchmaking.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Geneva mechanisms",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "Geneva mechanism (plural Geneva mechanisms)",
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      "glosses": [
        "A mechanism that translates a continuous rotation into an intermittent rotary motion, using an intermittent gear where the drive wheel has a pin that reaches into a slot of the driven wheel and thereby advances it by one step, and having a raised circular blocking disc that locks the driven wheel in position between steps."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "mechanics",
          "mechanics"
        ],
        [
          "continuous",
          "continuous"
        ],
        [
          "rotation",
          "rotation"
        ],
        [
          "intermittent",
          "intermittent"
        ],
        [
          "gear",
          "gear"
        ],
        [
          "drive wheel",
          "drive wheel"
        ],
        [
          "pin",
          "pin"
        ],
        [
          "slot",
          "slot"
        ],
        [
          "driven",
          "driven"
        ],
        [
          "blocking",
          "blocking"
        ],
        [
          "disc",
          "disc"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mechanics) A mechanism that translates a continuous rotation into an intermittent rotary motion, using an intermittent gear where the drive wheel has a pin that reaches into a slot of the driven wheel and thereby advances it by one step, and having a raised circular blocking disc that locks the driven wheel in position between steps."
      ],
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        "engineering",
        "mechanical-engineering",
        "mechanics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
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  ],
  "word": "Geneva mechanism"
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