escapement

Example Sentences

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Though the clock mechanism still worked, the escapement had been damaged at some point and Parks decided to make a new one.

From Washington Times • Jan. 9, 2017

For instance, the new federal rules for the Gulf of Mexico require permit holders to report to the government only “major escapement events”, defined as 10% or more of cultured fish escaping from a pen.

From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2016

Wild runs of steelhead have surpassed the 6,000 escapement goal set by the management plan since 2012, according to Fish & Wildlife data.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 7, 2016

Precise Future of Silicon Parts Still Being Debated When Ulysse Nardin introduced its Freak watch in 2001, eyebrows were raised at its use of silicon for two escapement wheels instead of the usual steel.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2012

Even after this, he thought up an idea for an escapement for a pendulum clock, which he described to his son Vincenzio, who actually built such a clock after Galileo died.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin