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Meaning Of Escapement
n.
The act of escaping; escape.
n.
Way of escape; vent.
n.
The contrivance in a timepiece which connects the train
of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the
impulse by which it is kept in vibration; -- so called because it
allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration.