balance wheel
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I observed with special delight as a watchmaker inserted a balance wheel into a new watch, and it came to life for the first time.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 13, 2017
In bad times, states often use their higher education funds as the balance wheel to keep their budget in order.
From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2015
Just as gravity controls the swinging oscillation of a pendulum in clocks, this spring regulates the rotary oscillation of a balance wheel in portable timepieces.
From Scientific American • Dec. 31, 2011
A balance wheel is a finely balanced disk that rotates fully one way and then the other, repeating the cycle over and over.
From Scientific American • Dec. 31, 2011
Some balance wheel was misweighted, some gear out of ratio.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
