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"The timekeeping device normally used in mechanical watches and small clocks, consisting of a wheel which oscillates due to a coiled spring."
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"sense": "timepiece mechanism",
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"word": "volant regulador"
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "timepiece mechanism",
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"roman": "baai² leon⁴",
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"sense": "timepiece mechanism",
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"sense": "timepiece mechanism",
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"word": "bilanciere"
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"masculine"
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"word": "bilanciere"
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