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• 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

• 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

• pallet — pallet1 [pal′it] n. [Fr palette: see PALETTE] 1. a wooden tool consisting of a flat blade with a handle; esp., such a tool used by potters for smoothing and rounding 2. PALETTE (sense 1) 3. a low, portable platform, usually double faced, on which …   English World dictionary

• Pallet fork — The pallet fork or pallet lever is an integral component of the lever escapement of a typical mechanical watch. [cite web last = Odets first = Walt authorlink = coauthors = title = The Anchor Escapement work = The Horologium publisher =… …   Wikipedia

• escapement — noun Date: 1779 1. a. a device in a timepiece which controls the motion of the train of wheelwork and through which the energy of the power source is delivered to the pendulum or balance by means of impulses that permit a tooth to escape from a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• pallet — I. noun Etymology: Middle English paillet, from Anglo French paillete bundle of straw, from paille straw, from Latin palea chaff, straw; akin to Sanskrit palāva chaff Date: 14th century 1. a straw filled tick or mattress 2. a small, hard, or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• pallet — pallet1 /pal it/, n. 1. a bed or mattress of straw. 2. a small or makeshift bed. [1325 75; ME pailet < AF paillete, equiv. to OF paille straw ( < L palea chaff) + ete ETTE] pallet2 /pal it/, n., v., palleted, palleting. n …   Universalium

• escapement — noun a) The contrivance in a timepiece (winding wrist watch) 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… …   Wiktionary

• pallet — pallet1 noun 1》 a straw mattress. 2》 a crude or makeshift bed. Origin ME: from Anglo Norman Fr. paillete, from paille straw . pallet2 noun 1》 a portable platform on which goods can be moved, stacked, and stored. 2》 a flat wooden blade with a… …   English new terms dictionary

• pallet — 1. n. 1 a straw mattress. 2 a mean or makeshift bed. Etymology: ME pailet, paillet f. AF paillete straw f. OF paille f. L palea 2. n. 1 a flat wooden blade with a handle, used in ceramics to shape clay. 2 = PALETTE. 3 a portable platform for… …   Useful english dictionary

• Grasshopper escapement — The grasshopper escapement is an unusual, low friction escapement for pendulum clocks invented by British clockmaker John Harrison around 1722. An escapement, a part of every mechanical clock, is the mechanism that releases the clock s gears to… …   Wikipedia