balance wheel

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noun Horology.

balance (def. 15).

Origin of balance wheel

First recorded in 1660–70

Words nearby balance wheel

balance sheet, balance spring, balance staff, balance the books, balance weight, balance wheel, Balanchine, balancing act, balanic, balanitis, balano-

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Example sentences from the Web for balance wheel

Thus the body regulates the soul, and, like the balance-wheel, it is submitted to regular oscillations.
A Winter Amid the Ice|Jules Verne
His ingenious system of weak and divided ministries, with himself for balance-wheel, was destroyed.
The Critical Period of American History|John Fiske
However, Mrs. Stannard will be there, and she's a balance-wheel.
Marion's Faith.|Charles King
Her grief was all the more impressive, as she was, as a general thing, the balance-wheel of the whole Sweetbriar machinery.
Rose of Old Harpeth|Maria Thompson Daviess

Those that adopted both metals served as a balance-wheel to steady with exactness their relative value.
Money|John P. Jones

British Dictionary definitions for balance wheel

balance wheel

noun

a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece, thereby regulating its beat

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单词	balance wheel
释义	balance wheel SEE SYNONYMS FOR balance wheel ON THESAURUS.COM noun Horology. balance (def. 15). Origin of balance wheel First recorded in 1660–70 Words nearby balance wheel balance sheet, balance spring, balance staff, balance the books, balance weight, balance wheel, Balanchine, balancing act, balanic, balanitis, balano- Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for balance wheel Thus the body regulates the soul, and, like the balance-wheel, it is submitted to regular oscillations. A Winter Amid the Ice\|Jules Verne His ingenious system of weak and divided ministries, with himself for balance-wheel, was destroyed. The Critical Period of American History\|John Fiske However, Mrs. Stannard will be there, and she's a balance-wheel. Marion's Faith.\|Charles King Her grief was all the more impressive, as she was, as a general thing, the balance-wheel of the whole Sweetbriar machinery. Rose of Old Harpeth\|Maria Thompson Daviess Those that adopted both metals served as a balance-wheel to steady with exactness their relative value. Money\|John P. Jones British Dictionary definitions for balance wheel balance wheel noun a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece, thereby regulating its beat Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to balance wheel balance, flywheel
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balance wheel

noun Horology.

Origin of balance wheel

Words nearby balance wheel

Example sentences from the Web for balance wheel

British Dictionary definitions for balance wheel

noun

Words related to balance wheel