Geneva movement
noun
A mechanism for converting a continuous rotatory motion into an intermittent rotatory motion, consisting of a driving wheel having a pin that engages with one of several radial slots in the driven wheel for part of each revolution of the driving wheel.
Origin
Late 19th century.
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