es|cape|ment

es|cape|ment
es|cape|ment «ehs KAYP muhnt», noun.
1. a device that gives a watch or clock its regular movement. The motion of the wheels and of the pendulum or balance wheel are accommodated to each other by the escapement. One tooth of the wheel escapes at each swing of the pendulum.
2. the mechanism that controls the movement of a typewriter carriage.
3. a means of escape; outlet.
4. the action of escaping.
5. the number fish that are allowed to spawn in each stream, as in salmon conservation.

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