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ESCAPE WHEEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does escape wheel mean? 

ESCAPE WHEEL (noun)
  The noun ESCAPE WHEEL has 1 sense:

1. gear that engages a rocking leverplay

  Familiarity information: ESCAPE WHEEL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ESCAPE WHEEL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Gear that engages a rocking lever

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("escape wheel" is a kind of...):

cogwheel; gear; gear wheel; geared wheel (a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion)

Holonyms ("escape wheel" is a part of...):

escapement (mechanical device that regulates movement)


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