escape wheel

escape wheel

n. The rotating notched wheel periodically engaged and disengaged by the anchor in an escapement.

escape wheel

n (Horology) horology a toothed wheel that engages intermittently with a balance wheel or pendulum, causing the mechanism to oscillate and thereby moving the hands of a clock or watch. Also called: scapewheel

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escape wheel - gear that engages a rocking lever escapement - mechanical device that regulates movementcogwheel, gear, gear wheel, geared wheel - a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion