recoil escapement — noun : anchor escapement * * * Horol. See anchor escapement. [1840 50] * * * recoil escapement same as ↑anchor escapement (see under ↑anchor). • • • Main Entry: ↑recoil … Useful english dictionary
recoil escapement — Horol. See anchor escapement. [1840 50] * * * … Universalium
anchor recoil escapement — anchor escapement or anchor recoil escapement noun A clock escapement in which the pallets push the escape wheel slightly backwards at the end of each swing, causing a recoil of the pendulum • • • Main Entry: ↑anchor … Useful english dictionary
Escapement — redirects here. For the fisheries term for the stock surviving fishing pressures over a spawning cycle, see Spawn (biology). For other uses, see Escapement (disambiguation). A deadbeat escapement, used in many pendulum clocks. Click above to see… … Wikipedia
Recoil — Re*coil , n. 1. A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood. [1913 Webster] 2. The state or condition of having recoiled. [1913 Webster] The recoil from formalism is skepticism. F. W. Robertson.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Recoil dynamometer — Recoil Re*coil , n. 1. A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood. [1913 Webster] 2. The state or condition of having recoiled. [1913 Webster] The recoil from formalism is skepticism. F. W.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Escapement — Es*cape ment, n. [Cf. F. [ e]chappement. See {Escape}.] 1. The act of escaping; escape. [R.] [1913 Webster] 2. Way of escape; vent. [R.] [1913 Webster] An escapement for youthful high spirits. G. Eliot. [1913 Webster] 3. The contrivance in a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Anchor escapement — Anchor escapement. The anchor and escape wheel of a late 19th century clock … Wikipedia
anchor escapement — noun : a clock escapement employing an anchor shaped pallet piece which causes the escape wheel to recoil slightly upon the locking action of each arm of the anchor * * * Horol. an escapement in which wedge shaped pallets engage with an escape… … Useful english dictionary
Anchor escapement — An chor es*cape ment (Horol.) (a) The common recoil escapement. (b) A variety of the lever escapement with a wide impulse pin. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
